A day and a half. I had a day and a half to interview a whole village. There is so much going on at the Tayna Nature Reserve in the DR Congo that I could spend an eternity discovering all the different ways each individual helped out. In essence, the reserve was created by the [...]
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Protecting Congolese Gorillas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Butembo, Congo, conservation, Democratic, Dian, Fossey, Guillaume, Kakule, protection, Republic, Tayna, tough, trackers on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
300 orphans
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, over 300 orphans in the middle of the Democratic Republic of Congo were singing and dancing to their hearts content. The sound was deafening and amazingly infatuating. All I wanted to do was dance with them until the day was out. “We say welcome to you. We say [...]
Golden Monkey Trek
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Finally, I get to go in the field, as a tourist mind you but in the field all the same. Today I went in the field with Deogratias Tuyisingize who is in charge of the Golden Monkey Reseach project to see his Golden Monkeys. Despite going on a tourist permit, this is the same group [...]
A Trek through the Hills
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged rwanda, travel, trek on June 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today, Simon Childs from DFGFI, Claire, Tierra, Mike Cranfield who is in charge over at the Mountain Gorilla Veterinarian Project, Dr Denise who is volunteering with the local clinic and me decided to trek up some of the many hills of Rwanda to see if we could find a waterfall that is renowned for being [...]
