Ricardo Coarasa- Jinja (Uganda)
The locals say this site and the exact point where the Nile begins its journey 6.500 km to its mouth in Egypt. When the browser Speke gave the mythical sources 1862, here were the Ripon Falls (flooded after dam construction). The river gurgling in the same place now, as if looking out the waterfalls would like timidly surface. The Nile is here an oasis of calm water that can be navigated by boat for a few dollars. The panorama is taken from the same island that Speke drew near Ripon Falls.
Face to face with the last gorillas
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Ricardo Coarasa. Bwindi (Uganda)
In Uganda's Bwindi Park, one step away from the border with the Congo and Rwanda, the last surviving mountain gorillas on earth. This is one of the three silverbacks (silver back) Nkuringo group. With luck and skill of ranger, walk in a ravine when you can find them (although it is rare that the meeting be delayed three or four hours) . Hacked his way to intrude a few minutes to make their habitat, indifferent to her consent, is an unforgettable experience. The images speak for themselves. You stay out of breath a few meters of some primates as huge as they are limited to eating tender leaves. As if aliens we taken by surprise at Burger King ...
