Huye (pronounced hoo-yay) is our adopted home away from home in Rwanda. It is where we come to relax and recharge after each field trip to Nyungwe Forest. It’s also the place where we get clean, stock up on food and prepare ourselves for the […]
Chimping
What’s it like to go chimping? It’s a legitimate question even though it’s a made up word.
Camp Life
Camping in the forest is an incredible experience. It is also tiring, uncomfortable and at times hilarious. After visiting the forest for a second time, we are starting to get a feel for camp life and what it means to be primate researchers.
Into the Jungle
Chimp tracking is hard work!!!! I am not going to sugar-coat it! It is sweaty, dirty, bloody (literally and figuratively) hard work. We have spent the last week recuperating in Butare after our first venture into the forest. The main aim of our initial 4 night […]
Kigali Time
We are back in Rwanda and enjoying the creature comforts of the capital Kigali before heading into the forest.
Confessions of a Serial List-writer
I am a serial list-writer! Find out how I went writing the largest list of my life: the Rwanda List?
What’s this I hear about chimps?
Sammy and I are moving to Rwanda for a year. For those who know us, a move to tiny, land-locked Rwanda might seem like a bad idea. You would struggle to find two people who love the beach (and Perth summers) as much as Sammy and me. Why would we want to live so far from the coast in the middle of Africa, you ask?
The short answer is chimps. The long answer, however, is so much more.
