Planet of the Apes

 

It's monkey time!

 

 

I will keep this short and sweet with what few good pictures I have.  Still in Uganda and up and out to try to find chimpanzees.  My mother did not go (she would have taken one look at the trek down and stayed with our driver).  So it was the family and Pops on this adventure. We had the guide all to ourselves.  Again, once you find them you have an hour with the chimps. 

 

The Kyambura Gorge in Queen Elizabeth National Park

 

About a five minute hike straight down and then flat for trekking.  Somehow I always had my dad behind me, when going down, or in front, when going up.  Just asked him not to take me out if he fell.  We heard a baboon warning call and then within five minutes we heard the chimps.  Talk about a heart starter.  All I could think of was Planet of the Apes.  Very vocal.

 

 

 

They stayed in the trees.  Our guide decided we needed to be tree level to have a good view so back up we trekked...it sucked.  My dad's walking stick got entwined with everything, he stood in the middle of wasps trying to hear the guide tell him there were wasps.  When we, he and I were at the back, finally joined the rest this is what we saw:

 

 

I turned to my dad and asked if he saw the chimp.  He looked at me and said," I don't give a shit about the monkey, I'm looking for my left lung!"  Sigh.   Guess what?  Back down we went to see if others were now on the ground.  They never left the trees and decided it was time for a nap. So...

 



Back up we had to climb when it was all over.  Again, maybe five minutes and my quads hurt bad the next day.  Bit of a sore neck but so worth it.

I asked my dad when we were going to Borneo to see the orangutans.  They will be meeting us in Bali after Hunter and I go.

 

Love ya Pops!