Author: tjiskavw

Although she doesn't look too happy about it, I had to take a picture of this woman who is as colorful as the fruit she is selling. Every district we…

I am dazzled by the noise and color, the smells of livestock, acrid wood smoke and sewage - the scent of a landscape whose people live life outdoors under a…

As mentioned, we had an exceptional guide who was able to locate a chimp quickly due to a good understanding of their behaviors. After she found the first chimp in…

Chimps share 98.7 DNA of humans! When you arrive at the park you receive a great orientation that includes a warning that it can take up to 4 hours to…

Baboons like to hang along the side of the road hoping for a hand out. I asked my driver to stop so I could take a picture of this one…

An escort with a gun leads the expedition and another follows the group for protection from any wild animal that may decide to charge - this rear guard and I…

He's the patriarch of the family called Mtukiza that our group was assigned to observe. Trackers leave at dawn to find them by searching for their evening nests and the…

This is a photo from my vantage point ( the very rear of group) on the hike back up the mountain. About half way up  I started to beg Levi …

I couldn't have lucked out more with my assignment to trek with this group. As a special coincidence the two women were sisters who had grown up in Glen Ellen…

Fortunately a niece and her mother ( my sister) reminded me to spare no expense and get the walking stick AND porter for the gorilla trek. Sage advice. The walking…