Buried by Profession?

 

Funerals are a big deal in Ghana. Some people will actually have caskets made to symbolize their profession in life or some other attribute to honor the individual.

 

Fish

 

Hammer

 

Machete

 

Not sure on the front one. Coke bottle. Can of soda.

 

Cocoa Pod. Crab.

 

I think that is a crate of tomatoes. Hammer. Video Camera.

 

 

I wonder if a business like this would do well in the states…

Tour de Ghana – Part 5 (Cape Three Points)

 

The final stop of our Tour of Ghana was down at Cape Three Points. This location is the farthest point south in Ghana. It is also the closest landmass to the center of the earth at 0 degrees longitude and 0 degrees latitude. While here we stayed at a beach resort called Safari Beach Lodge. We took a fishing boat out on a tour of the area (which was a bit anti-climatic). We all definitely like the Ada Foah boat ride much better. We also took a “hike” to the lighthouse and the point. I use captions on “hike” because it was really more of a walk up the main road. The views from the lighthouse were beautiful. We could see the three points of Ghana from it. We made friends with a few girls who were here from the states doing some research and study. Overall this was a great end to our tour of Ghana. We had wonderful experiences and great adventures.

 

Now back to work…

 

 

 

Cape Three Points–Center of the Earth VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

 

For the sake of brevity I have put these photos into an album. There are not descriptions but if anyone who reads this would like a description of anything please let me know! Enjoy!

Tour de Ghana – Part 4 (Mole “molay” National Park)

 

The next part of our journey took us to Mole National Park. This was one of the anticipated locations of our journey because we were able to see elephants in the wild. We also saw baboons and antelope (which the guide was passionate about but not quite as exciting to us). Due to the lack of time I am going to keep written content quite minimal and provide brief captions to photos.

 

 

Tamale: just doing the morning chores

 

Parents taking their kids to school on a the motorcycle. Economical I suppose…

 

Musah is a couch surfer we did not stay with but came to spend time with us while waiting for our bus.

 

Morning breakfast a local chop bar: egg sandwiches

 

Trying to sell the girls jewelry

 

Bus station in Tamale: Our bus was HOURS late, apparently they needed to wash it,

 

Local village up north

 

The bus got stuck in the dirt on this road. We all had to get out, wait for a tractor to push dirt away, and walk about a quarter mile before getting back on.

 

We finally made it to Mole!

 

A warthog just chilling outside the rooms. Reminds me of Pumba on Lion King.

 

My computer crashed and I was able to get it to load again so I was on the phone trying to figure it out over dinner. Nate is enjoying his Alvarro (one of the yummiest drinks I think I have had – first time in a LONG time I have drank carbonation, and did it consistently for these).

 

Post swimming and silly go hand in hand!

 

I could not capture the sunset to give it justice. It as absolutely gorgeous!

 

Antelope hanging out by the rooms

 

The next morning we took the walking safari tour and right as we started we saw these guys eating breakfast.

 

No is is not going to attack me…he just wanted to say hi!

 

The baboons hang out in the village with the people.

I knew Africans loved football (Soccer) and I guess the baboons do too!

 

 

They call this place “Salt Lake” because of the salt deposits the animals come and lick. We didn’t quite feel like we were at home but glad there is a part of us in Ghana!

 

Such a GREAT team! Chloee and Maddie had sandals and to go on the hike you need to have closed toed shoes. They had to rent these stylish boots for the trip.

 

 

 

 

We walked to the watering hole and a couple elephants were bathing.

 

You can see our hotel at the top (from the watering hole)

 

 

 

 

At the watering hold next door we found a lot more. I did not know the elephants are actually black but cover themselves in dirt to protect them from bugs and the sun.

 

The view from where we eat

 

The baboons decided to come visit outside our rooms.

 

We originally planned to finish our trip out here but realized we had made killer time so we decided to jump on a tro tro and head to the center of the earth (described in the next post). This little girl fell asleep on my lap.

 

The makeshift Backstreet Boys door cracks me up!

 

What exactly does highly “inflammable” mean?

 

It is good to know that even in Ghana you can get a version of Mickey D’s!