by john7 | Jul 8, 2012 | African Tales
Just to give you a few more photos of these great and diminishing friends of ours: Here is a so-called “blackback” carrying his little brother out of the feeding bushes into the open area. Apparently hair pulling is acceptable in the gorilla community, but...
by john7 | Jul 7, 2012 | African Tales
Some folks ask “how is it that you do a mountain gorilla trek?” Now that I have done, well, let's see. Counting all of the times that I have been out on the trail trying to find a or more than a gorilla. And adding in all the other times I looked to...
by john7 | Jul 7, 2012 | African Tales
No doubt gorillas fascinate us because they are like us, but somewhat different. Here are a few gorillas I found in northern Rwanda at the border. I liked them a bit, but did not feel a great connection. And these two were in the Entebbe airport. Again,...
by john7 | Jul 7, 2012 | African Tales
Here is the road you take to see some giraffes. The troop/herd/gang/gaggle/family/gathering/bundle of giraffes we found numbered more than twenty-five. I was struck by the amazing poise and gentleness of these almost prehistoric creatures. Watching them move...
by john7 | Jul 7, 2012 | African Tales
One thing you notice about many of the animals in eastern Rwanda is that they have friends. Sometimes of the same species, but often not. Here's a big old hippo who has some bird friends with him. Actually, they kind of give away his location. Note the huge...
by john7 | Jul 6, 2012 | African Tales
Happened to make my way to eastern Rwanda. But before we talk about that I need to tell you that I have never seen a more significant difference between two places as I did see when moving from the eastern Congo into Rwanda. It was almost like going from one country...
