Mon, 03/19/2012 - 10:28 — Anonymous by L. Craig Smith Uganda may be in the
news for other reasons at the moment, but you don't have to be bent on
overthrowing Joseph Kony to understand the importance of this African
region. With fewer than 800 mountain gorillas alive in the world today --
spread over four national parks in Uganda, Rwanda and the Congo -- getting an
close look at these beautiful creatures is an experience few will ever have.
As part of a CNNGo iReport assignment asking for adventure travelers to
share their favorite memories, iReporter L. Craig Smith of Mission Viejo,
California, provided these fantastic photos of his 2010 trip to
Uganda's Bwindi National Forest, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. But
getting there isn't easy. Smith says it took three days of flights before he
landed in Entebbe, Uganda. "It is the same Entebbe airport where Israel
rescued its citizens in 1976," he says, referring to the celebrated Operation
Entebbe. "There are still bullet holes in the passenger departure area."read
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