Gorillas at Christmas 2011

Yes, we have booked our Gorillas adventure with GAP for December 2011. We are so excited that we will be with the gorillas for Christmas. We do need to 'get in shape' for the trek through the mountains and the altitude so it is a good thing that it is more than a few months down the road. More as the plan unfolds.
WOW! what an exceptional experience... The hike almost killed me but (was it worth it?)...at the time I said I would never do it again... After we arrived back at the ranger station after a 7/12 hour 'hike' up and down steep mountains I took off my (new) hiking boots and gave them to my guide/porter and went back to camp barefoot...But, now I say yes it was worth the pain ... and I will never do it again!
Here are some pictures we took of the family of gorillas we visited in Nkoringo (round) hill.

The silverback

                                                 Silverback sleeping

Where are the gorillas?

Where is my mom?

Peek-a-boo baby

Just hanging around

Lazy days

Juvenile

Who me?

Just hanging around

Babies playing

I see you!

                                                           Going places

The end of the climb!!

Africa...maybe?

Well, we found a great deal on a one month tour for Africa! We were overjoyed. But, it seems the deal was not as great as we supposed. The trip was advertised as a 'special rate' with a great discount for 29 days...WOW!. It turned out that not only did the company not have any seats available, but they charged our credit card the full amount of the trip, took almost two weeks to tell us there was no availability even though their website still showed available spaces (long after we paid a 50% premium to get air tickets for the dates), had no gorilla permits... wanted to charge the regular price for the next available dates and...wanted to charge us a cancellation fee...and after two weeks of back-and-forth have still not credited our credit card with the refund. The company...Intrepid. Be very careful of unbelievable deals!

Food and pictures of food

I will be posting pictures of food and the friends that helped me learn how to cook it and eat it! Please post your comments.



Beef and Veggie stew

Africa ... good food... and beautiful people!! Nairobi, Kenya waht a great first day... and this was only lunch!

Carrot and Cabbage salad

Mixed veggie medley

Grilled meat and veggies

Green pea mash!!

Lamb and veggies

Lentil stew

Nope not rice! ??

Tomato and Onion salad

Marilyn jumping with the Massai Warriors...before lunch!