People have asked me, since the previous blog posting, if I was ever afraid being so close to the gorillas. I'm including here a video of the one time that my heart was racing a little bit. One of the adult female gorillas pounded on her chest, and ran in our direction, circling across in front of us. One of the other travelers I was there with asked "Was she trying to scare us?" and I said "I'm scared. That worked", but our guide reassured us that she was just excited to see us. Apparently, if the silverback does that, though, he IS trying to intimidate you.
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In 2007, I took a year or so "off" and set sail for distant lands. Here is this little luddite's attempt to keep my family and friends up to speed with those adventures and the ones that have come after...
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