So the sun rises on the day Annick has awaited for most of her life. No jokes about meeting the right man please.
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After being briefed on what to do when a silverback gorilla charges at you (clue: change underwear), we set off fully kitted-up with gaiters and gardening gloves, trekking initially through farmland towered over by a volcano shaped like an amusing body part.
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Then into the dense tropical rain forest.
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After walking and crawling and ducking and tripping for several hours (editors note: 90 minutes) we stumbled across our first gorilla, who just happened to be the largest silverback in the wild anywhere on earth…
Truly magnificent, if not a little pissed off that we had interrupted his dining activities. His charge towards us caused a number of wet patches.
Once he had wondered off in disgust, we turned to see a blackback staring at us. He decided to come across to us, apparently interested in one of the Trekkers mobile phones. No signal though.
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We saw eight gorillas all told. Once more we came across the head poncho, this time in a better mood smoking grass.
Before leaving the area, our guide took a photo of the three of us wondering what the hell was going on behind us.
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The trip back left us physically and emotional exhausted.
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What a great day.
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