Boabeng-Fiema: Into the Forest

We walked a little further into the forest. It was cool and beautiful. No insects bothered us. We stopped again, and soon a large male approached.  Unlike the previous female and baby, who took peanuts  then ran away quickly, the male was confident enough to approach Stanley and take peanuts out of  his hand. Stanley [...]

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Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary

In less than three minutes from the visitor’s center, we pulled into the village near the monkey sanctuary. We hadn’t come across anyone selling bananas since we left Techiman, so we needed to find something to offer the monkeys to tempt them down from the trees.  There were a few people selling small sachets of [...]

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Nkoranza

Day nine of the Ghana road trip:  we head to Nkoranza for some monkey business. Stanley picked me up around 8:00 am. Today we were going to the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary near Nkoranza and then to Adanwomase, a kente weaving village near Kumasi. First we stopped at a gas station. While waiting, I noticed I [...]

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To Techiman by Taxi

It had been about 3:00 when the Land Rover broke down in Cheranda.  Since, according to the taxi man, Techiman was only 15 kilometers away, we should easily get to the Premier Palace well before nightfall. We drove for an hour.  Techiman was obviously more than 15 kilometers away from Cheranda, where we started.  I [...]

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Breakdown!

I was pretty sure that the sound we’d just heard was the drive belt giving out. Stanley opened the hood and confirmed that’s what it was. He had an extra one in the back.  I had a feeling we were going to be here a little while, so I went to work recording the event.  [...]

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