BURUNDI BORDER-BACK TO RUANDA-TRAVEL WITH MISSIONARIES After staying in Nyungwe for a few days and resting, it’s time to move to a different country. I am going to Burundi, a very small country that is unknown. She is waiting for me in a few hours away. I can go to Kamembe, my dormitory in front of my hotel, to the minibuses going from Kamembe to the border, if I am lucky I will be at the border within six to seven hours. Or I go directly to the border by motorbike taxi. I prefer the second option. Not because of adventure, but from obligation! We go on an asphalt road for the first hour, then we enter the mountain road. The terrain is terrible, the classical mountain road with stones and pits. I’m having a hard trip with a twists and jumps at the back of the bike. The road…
RUANDA “Land of Thousand Hills” The gorilla safaris I made in Bwindi National Park in Uganda end at noon. I’m going to the Cyanika border gate waiting for me. I…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO HEART OF THE VOLCANO I’m in Gisenyi, Rwanda. I will go to the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire. Handover to…
MY NAME IS NIGORO THE GORILLA I m a mountain gorilla with silver back. People named me Nigoro. I’m a 28-year-old male. I have three wives at 28, 26 and…
CATCHING EACH OTHER’S EYE WITH A GORILLA “No one who looks into the eyes of a gorilla can remain unchanged.” George Schaller. 5 o’clock in the morning… I guess it…
UGANDA, BUNYONYI LAKE, PYGMIES, PUNISMENT ISLAND Kenya bus departing from Kisumu at 13.30 is moving at 15.30. They have advised the Modern Coast to be the most comfortable and good…
Isaac (ayzek) 10 yaşında mahcup bir erkek çocuk. Yetimhanenin en küçük bireyi olmasına rağmen yüzünde büyük adam izi var. Okula gitmediği için İngilizce bilmiyor ve söylediğim her şeye anlamadığı hâlde…
RUSINGA ADASI “We have a black one!” Rusinga Island on Lake Victoria is connected to Mbita by a small bridge. Conical hills covered with lush green jungle sprang from the…
ENTEBBE BABIES The idea of swimming, sunbathing for a few days in Hairy Lemon, very famous island close to Jinja, is very attractive, especially after the crazy rafting adventure. But…
KENYA Nairobi Havaalanındayım. Pasaport işlemlerinin yapıldığı salona girmeden önce aşı kartı kontrolü yapılıyor. Özellikle sarı humma (yellow fever) aşısının yaptırıldığına dair ibarenin olması şart. Bu kontrol bir de Angola’da yapılmıştı.…