For those of you who have an interest in Mountain Gorillas and have been reading my Uganda/Rwanda articles, Steve and I read an extremely disturbing newspaper article recently. A Mountain Gorilla was recently killed on the Democratic Republic of Congo side for bush meat. With the good old “Catch 22″ situation, the Gorilla had been [...]
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Gorillas Trade as Bush Meat in Congo
February 16th, 2007 
Sheila Simkin 
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Uganda/Rwanda – Hindsight Is Always 20/20
February 14th, 2007 Sheila Simkin I wish I: – Had brought more film for my 35mm camera. It was next to impossible to buy more and I seriously underestimated the amount that I could have used. Especially for photographing the gorillas. Even though I’m nowhere close to a professional wildlife photographer, it would have been easy to sqeeze off another [...]
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The Source of The Nile, Uganda
February 13th, 2007 Sheila Simkin The Nile is considered the longest river on Earth, 4,160 miles, and makes its way to Egypt ending in a large delta that empties into the Mediterranean Sea. John Hanning Speke was the first European to sight Lake Victoria (he named the Lake after Queen Victoria) in 1858. The British explorer was traveling through central [...]
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A Day Trip to Jinja, Uganda
February 12th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Back in Entebbe, there was time to finally get on the Internet…View image. About two or three Internet facilities approximately a mile away from The Boma with reasonably fast connections. Pat suggested a day trip to Jinja, the reputed “Source of The Nile” in Uganda. (Rwanda claims that the Source of The Nile is in [...]
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From Mburo National Park to Kampala, Uganda
February 11th, 2007 Sheila Simkin We started out of Mburo National Park, driving slowly on the last game drive of this trip. Our “seen animals and birds” list was quite long by now but still no Zebras or Impalas. It was going to be a long driving day back to Kampala (hoping to find an ATM there) and on to [...]
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Cruise on Lake Mburo and Game Viewing, Uganda
February 10th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Mantana Camp was situated high up on a hillside off the main route from Park Headquarters. Our tented camp was raised on pilings off the ground with wonderful views of Lake Mburo. This Camp had a total of nine double, completely enclosed and screened tents with a veranda to enjoy views of Lake Mburo….View image… [...]
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Heading to Mburo National Park, Uganda
February 9th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Destination today? Lake Mburo National Park, the closest savanna reserve to Kampala, and known for dense populations of zebra, wart hog…View image, buffalo, impalas, nile crocodiles, and more herds of hippos. Our home there was going to be Lake Mburo Luxury Tented Camp for one night. On the ride, Pat filled us in with more [...]
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On Our Way To Kisoro, Uganda
February 8th, 2007 Sheila Simkin A few more facts: – Uganda is slightly smaller than Oregon while Rwanda is a little smaller than Maryland. – The Virunga Mountains are separate volcanos and not one chain. – Dian Fossey established her research center at Karisoke between two volcanic mountain ranges, Karisimbi and Visoke. Sabinyo (partially in Uganda) is the other main [...]
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One Last Evening In Rwanda
February 7th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Back at Gorilla Nest with time to sit. Getting up around 5:00am both days and the excitement of gorilla tracking left us exhausted, mentally and physically. We never returned to Gorilla Nest until after 1:00pm in the afternoon and by the time we ate lunch, got cleaned up… View image…and started to repack, the day [...]
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More Time With The Hirwa Gorillas in Rwanda
February 6th, 2007 Sheila Simkin Gorillas are considered babies until the age of 1, juvenile until the age of 4, adolescents are over 5 years of age, Blackback is a sexually mature of up to 11 years and Silverback is an adult male gorilla, typically more than age 12 (named for his distinctive patch of silver hair). Mountain Gorillas actually [...]
