Shumlin's house sits back from the road, at the top of a sloping lawn, with a low stone wall in front of it and what appears to be a newly constructed two-car garage nearby.

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To get to the gorillas, my fellow tourists and I walk through farms to a low stone wall that marks the entrance to the park.

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We parked just below the summit of the mountain and walked into the town through a gap in the low stone wall that surrounded it.

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