DEEPA KRISHNAN
In Buhoma the earth is red and smells fresh from the rain. The trees are lush and tiny matchbox-like mud brick houses with tin roofs line either side of the dirt roads. Little children run barefoot, and are delighted to see tourists. “Muzungu!,” they scream. That’s the local term for white man. Buhoma is full of white tourists. It is the nearest town to Bwindi National Park where many Europeans and Americans come to track gorillas – the reason for Chance Christine’s thriving business.
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