Pictures from the past month

glasses anyone?  I'll make you a good deal

We all learn the azonto dance from a local

Remembering Ghana's fallen President Atta Mills

The group at Independence Square

What a couple of nerds...NO it was NOT my idea

We join the Murphys at Mamma Mia's for pizza!

A beautiful Accra beach...kinda

Jake shuts Kels into one of the famous coffins in the shape of a beer bottle from the coffin maker

Pots for sale on the side of the road.

Apparently Bob Marley's roots lead back to this village in Volta, although he was still born in Jamaica

We tour a recycled glass bead factory.  Neat!

This is what they look like before being baked into beads

We pose on a bridge over the Volta River

The trees in Volta were amazing!

Ever wonder how cocoa grows?  Like this, from the trunk of the tree.  Cocoa is Ghana's number 1 export.

Kev in his element

I don't stick out, do I?

Like mother like daughter

Phyllis was pretty nervous about mosquitoes, so she took all precautions necessary.

We enjoy a nice vegan Ghanaian meal at Roots Yard

Then Jake and I jam on some drums

We got to sit and watch a fisherman weave his own net from scratch.

Since we couldn't go back to site, we asked if Jake could carry this girls water, for the experience.  He didn't do too bad.

On our canoe ride to Doty Island

A fisheries farm right in the water.

Shoes for sale in Accra.  If you want both, it'll cost you.

A nice view from Doty Island.

I pose outside our family cabin at Roots Yard.  Pretty nice huh?

We stop by Tofi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and had monkeys eating bananas from our hands.  What a trip!

Cool under pressure, nice Phyllis!

Hey Buddy, where'd you come from?

A parasitic tree that will eventually kill the inside tree.

This young local teaches us all the naked baby dance.  He wasn't shy at all!

Woe zo!  or Welcome in Ewe language

Phyllis uses her "bottom gear" to get down this steep slope with Jake's help

Kev emerges from the rock crevice

Jake and Phyllis sit atop the "king's chair" at the Tano Sacred Grove

Locals call this the scout rock because you could see the land in all directions.  We thought it looked like E.T.

Kev meets his younger counterpart...also named Kevin

Sarah and I stand in front the of the Peace Corps Office in Kumasi

Don't we look comfortable?

Sarah and I at Kakum National Park.  Right now, we're standing about 80 feet above the ground, in a tree!

A look at the hanging tree pathways that can span 100 feet or more across!

We come to a small waterfall on our hike from Mountain Paradise. 

And then we got to swim!

Looking good!

Ever wonder what a pineapple looks like as it grows or flowers?

The group at the top of Mount Afadzato

Me and Charles

One of the bridges we cross to reach Wli Falls

We pose for a quick pic

Wli Falls, the tallest in West Africa

This is about the bottom half of it, to give some perspective.

And then we pose at a different falls, Boti Falls.

Sarah and Phyllis pose in front of this big fella!

And the guys cooly pose in front of these big African elephants

Jake's not scared of these massive animals!

Nice shot!

Later in the afternoon, back at our bunk house at Mole National Park, we look out the window and see this, a big male baboon!

And his friends were running all around the place!  It made it pretty scary to leave the room!

Although, they were quite entertaining, and I'll never get the chance to see wild baboons again!

Or these relatively harmless warthogs, outside our front door.