Ghana

God, Jesus, Gold, English, wildlife, and the land of funny signs

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This was the first country on our trip in which the local populace spoke English, which was easier for us to communicate.  The rest of the countries thus far on our trip had been part of the former French West Africa Colony, but Ghana seemed a lot different as we passed onto here from the Ivory Coast.

As you will see from the photographs, every shop has something to do with Jesus or God and all of us found it quite funny, so I decided to get as many pictures of this as I could!!!!!  The Ghanaians are extremely friendly people and ever so pious in their worship of Christianity….

Trying to find places to bush camp were very difficult, so the first night out, we stayed at a chicken and pig farm on some peoples property and they welcomed us with open arms.  It seems that this place reminds me of the Bible Belt in the United States with churches on just about every single corner.

The highlight of Ghana was probably Mole National Park (not Accra or Kumasi), as we were able to see warthogs, African Elephants, annoying baboons, crocodiles, and kob antelopes to name a few.

We went down to Kumasi as a few of us visited the Military museum which showed the glory of the Gold Coast Regiment of the British Army.  Many of them went to fight during WW2 against the Italians and also Japanese.

Some time was spent relaxing at a beach side campsite called Big Millys.  This is located about 45 minutes of of Accra in Kokrobite, but everyone I talked to in Accra knew about it as it is a popular place to hang out, get food and have a drink.

Other time instead of going to Cape Coast with the slave forts (I will kick myself in the leg later for not doing this), I stayed with a friend I taught with in Cairo Tom Mischler and he showed me around the school where he works and we got caught up talking about everything.

As the weather gets humid and more hot, I can only expect what we will run into next as we leave Ghana…..