So I thought I would write about Death Valley, but decided to give you a very brief overview of some of the things we did in Ghana along with pictures. I won’t go into a lot of detail since I’ll be presenting my writings as soon as it is past the revision stage. You can view well over 100 images on my site here.

We did a bit of sightseeing in the capital Accra. There we visited the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and had a wonderful history less on the country and its early leaders. He was the first president and one of the founding fathers, helping to liberate Ghana from colonial rule and established the country of Ghana in 1957. It became the first sub-Saharan African nation to declare independence. Here are a couple of images from there.

Also in Accra, we visited the local market, which twists and turns, is colorful and lots of bargaining going on.

We had a long drive via various means of transport to Cape Coast, visiting Elmina Castle, a former slave fort, Kakum National Forest and had lunch in a cafe overlooking the beach.

Taking a tour of the castle was intense, sad, enlightening and unspeakable what man can do to a man.

The Kakum National Forest is more jungle-like, very dense vegetation with some extremely tall trees interspersed. There are 7 rope bridges attached to some of these trees, which we traversed across, high above the vegetation and in among the tops of the trees, swinging along. Let’s just say if you have motion sickness or fear of heights, this is not for you 🙂

Gillian and I took evening walks in the neighborhood, saying hello to the neighbors who would sit outside and cool off in the evening breeze…and the local market. Tema is the town the NGO American Relief Center is located, Community 9 is the neighborhood.