The Gorillas of Bwindi http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html Warning: I took a lot of photos visiting the gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, South-Western Uganda. To say I got carried away would be an understatement. You only have one hour with the gorillas, so I wanted to make it memorable. Of course, I probably let my eagerness get the better of me and could have spent more of the time soaking it all in. Oh well, I hope you enjoy. Pick-up truck ride to the park http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#0 37522985-5456-4aac-9392-3a7d0b4b20a9 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3593.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3593.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Pick-up truck ride to the park</p></div></div> What to do and not to do http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#1 044ffb8e-1a40-4b79-9908-29500228e3e7 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3858.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3858.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">What to do and not to do</p></div></div> Our gorilla trekking team http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#2 a3ef6453-67d5-42ec-98df-4e60b49c7108 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3615.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3615.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Our gorilla trekking team</p></div></div> The search begins http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#3 ad24be5a-a63e-4687-806b-ed914aec6039 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3812.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3812.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The search begins</p></div></div> 20 minutes later, our first sighting http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#4 2df28a33-df56-41e3-a26c-6ee45d43e24c http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3620.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3620.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">20 minutes later, our first sighting</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#5 4e7f52d2-ea46-47dc-a92e-e7b516d859dd http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3621.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3621.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#6 36c87ad2-cac8-4c7d-b585-b022bdda7ee7 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3623.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3623.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#7 8d225a90-514b-436a-8e82-0244329c5368 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3625.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3625.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#8 40e19b2a-db4d-4470-8037-d11af0b874e4 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3629.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3629.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> Our guides, hacking their way through the forest http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#9 b7477d33-db4a-479e-8a1c-ff7cc6819d9b http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3641.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3641.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Our guides, hacking their way through the forest</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#10 506437d6-f8e6-4a9f-ad73-a8243ed3a81b http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3650.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3650.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#11 a57c8fb5-bfff-4ece-a133-a5f2d7187b00 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3656.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3656.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#12 3f0e0de9-0dc4-4875-8444-24a6c762b8ed http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3668.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3668.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#13 b58ece6d-ac4e-413d-82df-5d023b803dae http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3677.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3677.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#14 390c8d3f-a503-48bc-aad3-700e00a86474 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3709.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3709.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#15 a673de52-7811-43b0-9093-6c4af9dced84 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3710.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3710.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#16 071c6cdd-3a0c-4e6d-91f7-99ac95a7b71c http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3716.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3716.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#17 87a7a68b-177b-42a5-a506-9634f91f21aa http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3718.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3718.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#18 0329c3d8-8710-4388-9534-4da864225c5b http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3727.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3727.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> The elusive Silverback http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#19 745c6c06-49f0-4637-a4a5-83750245720f http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3736.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3736.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The elusive Silverback</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#20 02e88dd2-a281-4211-b622-e1d974abc638 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3746.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3746.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#21 76c913b5-789e-4b54-b7fa-5255f36300ba http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3760.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3760.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#22 671cdc9c-7b15-4ac6-96e5-f3d9243d03de http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3778.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3778.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#23 09d05ce1-bf85-4334-b72e-6df2d13ddf37 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3782.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3782.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> Never turn your back on a gorilla http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#24 fa868ba1-cea1-458a-9384-3c8341c62736 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3798.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3798.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Never turn your back on a gorilla</p></div></div> Exiting the gorilla area http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#25 2776fe29-b5bd-49ce-b647-ca50c3fc8cb0 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3818.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3818.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Exiting the gorilla area</p></div></div> The family we visited http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#26 301a20b3-8de1-41a3-9b87-167f8996c19d http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3823.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3823.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The family we visited</p></div></div> Some R&R after the trek http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#27 938eb170-a9c6-4590-b090-7c1db57295eb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3835.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3835.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Some R&amp;R after the trek</p></div></div> Some afternoon climbing http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#28 7dcc3f74-d836-4567-9073-7f55d96cdfbd http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3864.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3864.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Some afternoon climbing</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#29 a6fa5497-1a70-4028-a28b-f3b6b6c743c9 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3867.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3867.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#30 8253630b-218e-4824-8aac-96ebc7a4540e http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3877.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3877.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> On the border with DRC http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#31 33731591-4bd9-4e34-acd4-866006b38f03 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3883.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3883.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">On the border with DRC</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#32 d35e89b6-5d52-48e1-963c-92a1417ee103 http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3888.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3888.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#33 225186f0-8d17-4872-85dd-9501516c128a http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3946.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3946.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> Tired at the top of the mountain, and then this http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album.html#34 48c4e27d-b9fb-4397-97c6-fbb9e5f8cf7f http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3949.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/giacomo.panico/Site/Bwindi_Album_files/Media/IMG_3949.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; 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