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our guide explains the uses of a large leaf
Very knowledgeable guy. When Phil and I were sitting at the bai waiting for megafauna to show, he was reading an early 20th century book of algebra.
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Uploaded on Jul 7, 2009
Gabi our guide elucidates an elephant print
clearing the pirogue of water
The pirogue that took us to Mbeli camp. To me this was an odd way to get the water out of the...
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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2009
swamp forest tangle
the vegetation getting fairly thick overhead in places, and low
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a bit of autumn on the equator
In January in the Congo is a mini dry season, and a few leaves here and there fall, some first...
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trail crossing buttressed roots in places
The trails through the equatorial rainforest are created and maintained by elephants. Human guides...
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waiting for the elephant
Eventually 2 of our guides went ahead to try to draw the elephant off the trail. They met some...
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waiting for the elephant
We were here half an hour waiting. They wouldn't even let me go a 20 yards ahead to get a better...
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elephant on our path
We were hiking back from Mondika when about one hundred yards ahead on the trail we saw an elephant....
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giant seed pod of an Oil Bean Tree
I found this in the forest and took it back to Brazzaville. There it curled up, rolling end to end...
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our tent in Mondika
When we arrived the day before, I'd wondered why a tent needed a tarp over it. Then in the...
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strange tree-growth along our way
Passed this when returning from visiting the gorillas. Phil up ahead and Ba'aka gorilla tracker looking back
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resting tree
The guide you see is one of the Ba'aka, who are a small people, but even so – !
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resting place
One of our Ba'aka guides. They are very driven hikers, walk fast through the equatorial swelter and...
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heading into the swamp forest
We had half an hour's hike through this inundated forest, followed by a 2-and-a-half hour fast-paced...
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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2009
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