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| Young boys showing
off on beach in capital city, Accra Ghana |
Common site of
poverty seen throughout the country |
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| At the former slave
castle in Cape Coast Ghana |
Fisherman outside the
castle |
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| Cape coast poverty |
Cape coast poverty |
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| Canopy tour and
medicinal plant research in Kakum National Park |
Women carrying market
goods on their heads for sale. Notice the baby on the back |
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| Sunsets are quite
remarkable |
Fishing village of
Elmina and slave castle; the population of people is
overwhelming |
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| Fishing Elmina |
Daily catch |
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| The beach--What a
place for a garbage dump? Pollution is widespread. Remember,
we share the same oceans and marine life, including fishes.
Heavy metals and other contaminants in fishes is growing
rapidly |
Out to the jungle!
Monkey sanctuary and botanical gardens in Fiem |
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| With my guide Edmund
sitting under a sacred group of fig trees . These are
strangler figs. They start as a seed in the top of host tree
and send branches to the ground. As they mature they choke
the host tree and leave a tree that looks like it is empty
on the inside. This was an amazing sight |
Here I am at a local
healer's clinic. He had several botanical medicines around
his clinic used for immediate use. Here is the leaf of the
Teak tree, commonly used for boat building and furniture.
The leaf can be made into a tea for fever or the onset of
feeling colds and flu. |
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| Warthog in Mole
national Park |
Bull Elephant in Mole
National Park |
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| Villages outside the
park. These people live very primitively |
Fast food anyone? The
menu is only photos. Just point at what you want...there is
no 7-layer burrito on that menu by the way! |
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| Traditional drumming,
singing, and dancing |
Sunrise over the
atlantic. Fishing boats in the distance |
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| Aburi Botanical
gardens; Manila Palms line the entry |
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