On the way up

We tracked through a tea plantation before we go into the jungle. The jungle bears much resemblance to the Malaysian rain forest since we are about the same latitude.

But surprisingly there were not much mosquitoes and there were no leeches which we were expecting on the soft and damp ground that was covered with dried fallen leaves.

It gets tougher as we get closer to the site where the gorillas were spotted last. Luckily we had taken the ranger advice to employ porter to help us carry our backpacks. It cost us USD10.00 per porter. They were a helpful lot and very nice. One of them is actually a student doing his first year in Degree in Education.