The view from Clouds Eco-Tour Hotel was amazing, just the feeling when you walk into the lobby was clean and modern. Gary and his wife run this very high end establishment with running water and electricity using a generator. They provide their own fresh vegetables and herbs from their gardens. A fruit smoothy with ice was very luxurious for us after a week without seeing ice. Gary gave us a tour of the facility containing a cottage, spa and best of all the Lou with View.
We packed up our lunch and headed to the Nkuringo Ranger office where we bid fair well to Deus and began our walking journey from Nkuringo to Buhoma which took a total of 6 hours in dense rainforest. A good portion of the trail ran beside a river, the scenery and sounds were brilliant!
When we got close to the Ranger Office in Buhoma we were diverted to the Waterfall Trail to by pass the road where the gorillas were passing. We bumped into Godfrey, the minister of tourism when we reached the ranger office and Beth showed him the pictures of the Nkoringo gorillas she had taken the previous day. He was impressed that she could name which gorilla was in the picture, but she told him it was because Silver had pointed them out to her!
While having dinner with Dr. Gladys and Rachel, our hike leader, Dr. Gladys mentioned that Ndhego had malaria and that it was her anniversary. We always have a great time chatting after dinner and lose track of time. What great company to share this experience with!
Jamba Juice sounds good in San Diego temperatures so I bet it was the best over there (hot and humid?? I'm pretty clueless)
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