Gorilla

December 11th 2012
This morning was the long-awaited gorilla trek and it did not disappoint! We made our way through the forest to reach the location of one of the gorilla families (the second largest family in Rwanda.) It was a completely different terrain than yesterday's volcano trek, but just as muddy. Good thing the hotel staff cleans our boots! Anyways, back to gorillas. There were 23 gorillas in the fa ... read more

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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more

11th December 2012

Sheena
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Awesome!
That's so cool that you guys were that close to the gorillas! And got to see them in "action"...looks like you guys are having a great time. Hope you're taking lots of pictures! And Ty - good work on (mostly?) climbing Bisoke...Kilimanjaro will be simple now that you made it half way up a smaller one! :) Take care guys and be safe!! PS- The dogs say hi!

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