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The visitors to the Sabyinyo Group on November 17, 2010- one muzungu working for IGCP and students, teachers, and the headmaster from Butete Secondary School.
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Briefing at park headquarters. "Will the gorillas attack us?" one student asks.
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At the carpark, we rent walking sticks.
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We start our trek.
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To get to the park boundary, we walked through potato fields.
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We are briefed by Placide as we enter the park.
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The bamboo of Volcanoes National Park.
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The rangers communicate and determine the exact location of the Sabyinyo group before we assend.
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Last stop before the gorillas. Time to leave behind our backbacks and walking sticks. All are quite excited.
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Up close and personal.
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The Butete team.
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Guhonda cuts right in front of our group.
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Huddled together amongst the bamboo we watch the mountain gorillas move and eat.
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Walking down out of the park after our visit.
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Walking stick
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