Rwanda: gorillas in the jungle looking for the Pygmies (In)
Rwanda 're a tiny country in central Africa, neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and, with the latter two, Mountain Gorilla refuge. The twa, Pygmy village, are the first inhabitants on record in the lands of Rwanda and the current Burundi.
The home of these primates was waning for hundreds of years because of the killings on the Twa people and the need for the hutus and tutsis clear land for grazing and agriculture, indiscriminately felled reducing the habitat of these animals.
The home of these primates was waning for hundreds of years because of the killings on twa, Pygmy village
Years ago some friends showed me pictures of his trip to Rwanda. I remember those photos with enthusiasm. Huge gorilla grooming and hair, especially, penetrating gaze. A look that could be mistaken for that of any person, a look that conveys different emotions but is not empty like the look of poachers who have to face daily. It was the year 2003 and was common then kill these animals because someone came up with the idea of making ashtrays creepy hands of gorillas. More shocking to me was knowing that the object was out in the black market.
Someone came up with the idea of making ashtrays creepy hands of gorillas
But it was not until the year 2010 when I had the opportunity to travel to Rwanda to see the animal that had captivated me years ago. The eight friends landed at the airport Kigali, capital, at two o'clock. We expect two ATVs that would take us to the lodge for breakfast and take road to the entrance of Volcanoes National Park.
Humidity is high, it's raining and the ground is muddy. Walking becomes difficult in plain, but when it goes up or down it becomes dangerous
During our journey by road, Car headlights lit hundreds of people, loaded with different lumps, were briskly by asphalt margins separating the vast vegetation. Their destination was the market in the nearest town.
Sin just rest, I grabbed my backpack loaded with my photographic equipment, I got on the road ahead of us, and we proceeded, a road full of potholes and red clay between the thick vegetation.
As we see, come running to us, especially children. The first thought is that they want something from you. Nothing is further from reality
Once at the entrance to the park we present our guide and give us a stick that will support us not slip through the difficult paths. When there, because normally the way the principle is clear of vegetation, but as they move gorillas, the path is changing and a Ranger with a machete handles trace the undergrowth, a new path that vegetation will quickly dilute again.
Humidity is high, it's raining and the ground is totally muddy. Walking becomes difficult in plain, but when it goes up or down it becomes dangerous. The route that we have had is not suitable for all audiences.
After an hour of walking we Twa villages. I know I'm not the first white boy crossing their homes into the mountains to see the gorillas, but I feel something similar. As we see, come running to us, especially children. The first thought is that they want something from you: money, candies on plastic bottles. Nothing is further from reality. The curiosity, that emotional aspect that we living beings and that it is increasingly difficult to feel by the constant discovery of the unknown, is the approach which makes them.
