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One Last Evening In Rwanda

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 was almost over. There was a little time to sit on our patio and rehash the gorilla experience. Francois kept telling us all to take "more Silverback photos" but it was the babies that captured our hearts. The interaction, care and love shown by the parents, the baby's huge brown eyes and fluffy little crests of hair just won us over and I couldn't stop babbling.

Tomorrow, we were heading back across the border into Uganda with a one-night stay in Kisoro before going on to Lake Mburo National Park, and Mantana Camp.

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very blurred photo of Crested (or Crowned) Cranes outside our room

But before dinner, there was a welcome dance on the lawn. The Manager...View image... told us how happy the the People of Rwanda were to see us and extended a hearty welcome to their country. And then, the dancers took the floor - or lawn - and eight to 15-year olds performed some very lively entertainment.

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Gorilla Nest young dancers
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Gorilla Nest older dancers

Completely wiped out but impossible to sleep with visions of gorillas dancing through my head...

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family group


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Silverback

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Mbara area map
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Baby and Mother eating

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