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Jan 19 2011 Uganda: the last refuge of gorillas

For: Ricardo Coarasa / Javier Brandoli (text and photos)

Uganda: el último refugio de los gorilas

In a corner of the world, in tropical forests that engulf borders, the last gorillas survive land. Go on your quest is a huge experience, unforgettable. We in Uganda, in Bwindi National Park, tracing the footsteps of these great primates to which, Ranger warns the Nkuringo, it is better not to make eye contact so they do not feel challenged. Here we go.

Africa, In a strange land, Nature

December 13 2010 Discovering the Sources of the Nile

For: Javier Brandoli (text and photos)

The encounter with the legendary source of the Nile is an unforgettable experience for any lover of travel. Its calm water, the fishermen with image stitching their networks and throwing the horizon, the morning mist, country music bar, current noise in areas of rapid ... wherever the White Nile was born.

Africa, A Place in the World, A journey through Africa

December 10 2010 Among the impenetrable jungle gorillas

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Ricardo Coarasa – Bwindi (Uganda) The last gorillas of land from the world living in a jungle, la de Bwindi, that knows no borders. Finding them can take hours, but the payoff is huge. For an hour, the traveler is immersed in the daily lives of these great primates that look silhouette of fighters [...]

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nov 27 2010 And in injury time… came the leopard

For: Javier Brandoli (Text and photos)

There are stories that seem taken from a film script. Followers of this blog know that a few months ago I threw in the towel on the important, most crucial, challenge of seeing the "big five" in Africa: elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard (take an ironic commentary crucial, although my boat for joy when I saw it was to win the Champions).

Highlights, A Place in the World, A journey through Africa

nov 17 2010 The quiet of Kibale Forest chimpanzee
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Ricardo Coarasa. Kibale Forest (Uganda) After an hour in the Kibale forest Uganda, leaving the dense forest swallowed up step by step, we found that adult chimpanzee seemed like we were waiting for coffee. Our presence was not even startled. He just watched with disdain measured, as mumbling his [...]

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nov 10 2010 How do you say fart in Uganda?
For: Javier Brandoli (text and photos)

The fun and special experience a unique encounter with mountain gorillas. A South African clumsy got a special time to become a mad trip to the jungle. The encounter with the great apes left a lasting memory.

Africa, Highlights, A Place in the World, A journey through Africa

nov 10 2010 Wild chimpanzees of Kibale forest
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Ricardo Coarasa. Kibale Forest (Uganda) Dropped from the ficus fruits like missiles over our heads, our footsteps quietly flee, scream as if they were slaughtering, violating the silence of the jungle, and when the game is inevitable, strategically around us. They are stronger than us, but do not know and, as we see more robust than, fear us. To track wild chimpanzees of Kibale forest, a Uganda, is an exciting experience. As impressive as looking at them at last face to face and discover his eyes look tired man.

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