Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Treks (4)

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This is where we stopped when we told Brian we had to go to the bathroom. Each time he would try to find us an actual bathroom and each time we explained we just needed a secluded spot to jump out and pee next to the 4×4. And many times he found us the bathroom that was 10 times as dirty and stinky as peeing next to the vehicle.

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This is Jane’s hand holding a very stinky door and trying to squat over a hole. Just miserable.

Eventually Brian got used to us just jumping out of the truck, peeing and jumping back in.

Fearful anticipation of our walk across the suspension bridges. The bridges don’t scare me; it was the walk down to the bottom of the mountain and back up that was going to be a pain for me.

Again Sue is very happy not to have gone.

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Very cute guide.

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These three suspension bridges were built just for tourists.

They were bouncier than many of the other bridges I’ve been on.

Usually I try to cross the bridge without holding on. But this was bouncy enough I had to hang on to the railings and my goal was not to make it bounce. Mission accomplished.

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Note the air quality. It is not the best and sometimes it was rated as poor in Kigali.

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This was the last elephant in this National Park. I thought it was the last elephant in Rwanda, but I was pleasantly surprised to meet up with them at a different National Park.

This was the name of the trail we took to the bottom, in order to get on the suspension bridges.

Too funny. Notice my attire from the beginning with the jacket, without that jacket, and then without the shirt.

I did quite well until the sun came out and we were heading upwards. I was puffing and sweating.

This is about the only animal we saw on the trail and I’m the one who noticed. Since so many people I know have fallen, I am petrified of doing so and look at my feet all the time.