The Heat and Beach that everyone had been waiting for has finally hit us here in Ghana.
The humidity here was not quite what we all had expected... It was even more severe. So when we finally hit the coastline, we felt as though we had arrived in paradise!
During the past week and a half, we journeyed from Burkina Faso over into Ghana, where we heard "HELLO HOW ARE YOU" for the first time in eight weeks, as Ghana's national language is English
In Northern Ghana we visited Mole National Park, where we saw elephants in the wild, a first for many members of the expedition, who had only previously ever seen elephants in a zoo! They were very close, as we head off on nature walks in the bush or simply sat and watched the wildlife go by from a viewing area at our hotel. We were lucky enough to see elephants, warthogs, baboons, monkeys and loads of "dairy things" - as Hastie would put it!
Heading toward the coastline, we stopped at Kumasi, as well as Kakum National Park, home the 30-metre-high Canopy Walk, suspended from enormous trees.
While one of the groups was on the Canopy Walk, Matt decided to take a nature walk with a particular intention... To "Pop The Question" to Hanna.
From Kakum National Park, we visited Elmina Castle, as well as Cape Coast Castle, one of the venues for the dastardly slave trade. It was extremely interesting to hear about the past, but very saddening as to what went on.
From Cape Coast we made our way to Anombu, where we chilled out on the beach while waiting for our Ehtiopian visas to be processed: As the swell picked up, the boogie boards came out and the beach babes lived up the coast life. An engagement punch was made up and a bit of a celebration BBQ went on...
Next morning there were a few casualties......Perhaps we should have listened to Steve's advice about watering down the punch!
So, it's time to say goodbye to Anombu as we head off to Accra, where Pizza Inn, Creamy Inn, Chicken Inn and DVD entertainment with really cheap Chinese await us in air-conditioned rooms...
From Accra we will make our way into Togo, then Benin.
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