Kibale National Park Day 3 and 4

I woke up early today to eat a few buns and peanut butter before my morning nature walk. Richard is my guide today and I tell him I 'm looking for l'hoest monkey but don't want to walk the same trails as yesterday. He takes me on the same trail for a while but then we divert, cross the road and go deep into the forest. Its more nice primary forest which I always enjoy walking through and I see some monkeys but l'hoest again evades me. I am determined to see this monkey. I am staying a few more days and know I will have more opportunities. I eat lunch and wash clothes and get ready for the 12km roundtrip walk to Bigodi for dinner. I leave the camp around 4 and spook a monkey low in a tree close to the road. He hides behind some bush but I am able to see the white neck and bent tail tip as he flees to correctly identify him as a l'hoest monkey! As this trail walking and here I see it on the road, one minute from camp. I would still like to see more l'hoest and get some photos though. L'hoest is a monkey known as a guenon with a body mostly dark, white neck and bent tail tip.
I eat groundnut sauce over rice with 2 boneless, fatless super tender pieces of stewed beef. I arrive back at camp at 6.45 for a shower and read until 7.30. If you haven't noticed, this is becoming my routine here! When ever I'm in a place for a while I usually develop a bit of a pattern. A tickling in my throat was bothering me as I tried to sleep last night. It was ok all day today but I was concerned it would keep me up again tonight so before I went for my nightwalk, I went to the restaurant to order ginger tea. If I ever feel a tickle, a bit sick or have stomach troubles, I start pounding back ginger tea and I like it really strong. They made me a thermosful, I finished that and they made another which I could take back to my tent. I finished it all during the night and slept better.
The nightwalk turned out to be just a nice stroll along the main road, no animals tonight. Thats ok though, I can't always expect to see something, that's just how rainforests are, they can take a while to reveal themselves.


Day 4
I decide not to do a morning hike and sleep in instead. I get up at 9 for breakfast and hang around the restarant. It rained again and I walk the main road after it stops but no l'hoest monkey. Back at camp, Richard, a backpacker from England has arrived. He sets up his tent and we go for another walk along the main road. I feel like an unofficial guide as I spot black and white colobus and red tailed monkey high in the trees. Since I didn't go on a nature walk today, I don't go to Bigodi for dinner and spend the money on dinner at the restuarant. It was ok but not huge portions and not worth the price. I told the girl at Bigodi hotel I would not be around today because they had got to know me there. I'm the mzungo who walks for 3 hours just to eat rice and beans. They thought I was a little crazy but I explained my reasons to them and I think they understood. They just thought it was far to walk. It was surely keeping me in shape! Work up an appetite as I walked there and then work it off as I walked back. It rained heavy in the evening and Richard and I decided against going on a night walk. I was feeling a slight fever now. It seems I had one of those mobile colds, it moved from my throat to a fever then to my sinuses for a few days. I took an ibuprofen from Richard and my fever was gone but the cold lingered for days.
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