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Some other pictures from Uganda I would like to Share:

There were always kids following us around, yelling "hey Muzungu (white guy), how are you"...

Curious kids

With some money we gathered in Belgium we tried to helped out a womens group. The funds were used to buy bee hives and bee keeping materials. Here you can see some of the women in between the newly installed bee hives:

 in between beehives, wearing traditional clothing

We found this little guy on top of the Karangora peek in the Rwenzori mountains, after an exhausting climb:

Little friend on Karangora peek


Tracking chimpansees in the wild in the tropical rain forest also was an unique experience:

Waiting for us to leave

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what a great set Bram.... colorfull images... great captures... love them all... thanks for sharing...
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beautiful sets of picture! i love the first two pictures....they convery the better side of life which is contentment seen in their smiles. very good take!
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FANTASTIC series! I am soooo jealous...I'd love to visit Africa.
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I'm with Susan Egger, I would love to see close up what you have shown us with these lovely captures. Nice to see everyone happy too. Great shot of the chimpansees and what a colourful lizard if that is what it is. Thanks for sharing them with us.

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awesome pictures one and all .. the kids doing the same hand signs we see everywhere is so cool, the 2 women in the hives and the lizard are great .. tell me that Chimp is really in the wild? I'd learn how to shoot the camera with my left hand to see that!!
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What an awesome set Bram. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing the Pearl of Africa.
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Old 06-05-2009, 09:06 PM
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Thanks everybody!

The thumbs up from the kid are perhaps a response to my "please, can I make a picture"
gestures :-)

And the chimp is really really in the wild!!! It took some three hours to find them with a local experienced guide. At first they made a lot of screams and they ran away, but after a while they didn't seem to bother anymore. It was verry dark in the rain forest so it was difficult to get a sharp picture. This is one of the few that came out well.
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How Great that you had the opportunity to travel to this wonderful Place and that you have shared these Great Moments with us. The shot of the Boys is really Great, Boys are boys everywhere aren' they.
The ladies and the bee hives is a Wonderful picture. How Great it is that you could help them, now they will have Honey to perhaps make a little money or sweeten their meals.
We don't have Chimps in Thailand, but we do have lots of monkeys in the Wild and it's always more fun capturing them in the wild like that.
Thanks for Sharing These
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A great set of photo's from an amazing place. I would always love to go somewhere like that.
 

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