Tagged With: animals & wildlife
Lake Kivu boat ride
Lake Kivu is on the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC city of Goma, which is immediately across the border, had been in the news recently because M23 rebels had temporarily captured it, but everything was calm and peaceful when I was in the area. (Bird photos by Posh!) … Continue reading
Hybrid monkey love
In the last post, I mentioned seeing a hybrid monkey among the Colobus monkeys. The name was so odd that I didn't think I had heard it right! But sure enough, hybrid monkeys exist. They are the infertile offspring of a Mona and a red tailed monkey (when I uploaded this video to YouTube, … Continue reading
Colobus monkey watching
Posh and I had to decide if we wanted to go on a canopy tour or go on a Colobus monkey trek in Ngunywe National Park. At first we planned to go on the canopy tour, but after the excitement of seeing the chimps, we wanted to see more wildlife and opted for the Colobus … Continue reading
Chimpanzee trekking
The rest of the drive to Ngunywe took us past a sprawling refugee camp. For the rest of the week, we noticed the ubiquitous presence of tarps from the UN High Commission for Refugees across the country. We arrived at our hilltop hotel in a downpour after driving up a slippery mud road. Posh … Continue reading
Kilimanjaro, day 1
Start: Lemosho gate; 2,200 meters End: Camp 1; 2,600 meters Hiking time: 2:21 It was a busy and nervous morning as Viraj, Kerry, Shailey, and I prepared to set off on our Kilimanjaro hike. Our guide, Gilbert aka Captain G, met us along with our assistant guide, Jimmy. We drove for about two … Continue reading
Flashback: Antarctica
It's been eight months since I was in Antarctica and I still think about it–and the amazing friends I made there–every day.