Since we last posted we have had a few more adventures! Julie and I got up at 3:45am and took a taxi to the metro station (nothing like you have ever seen!) to purchase tickets for Mole Natl Park that day. You can't buy them a day ahead of time and the station was very very crowded. They had told Julie that they started selling at 4am. However you have to understand that they were talking Ghanian time. The lady showed up at 6am. Julie was second in line for 2 hours. We purchased our paper tickets for the 1:30 bus and went back to the hotel We did get some bofrut( donut like food that a woman was cooking on the side of the road.So it wasn't a wasted trip. In the meantime Sheryl and Julies friend Beth were at the hotel. Sheryl was getting a little nervous at how long it was taking.
We arrived at the station at 1:30since Julie said it's always late and as usual she was right. We left at 4pm and arrived at the park at 8pm. We had dinner and took quick showers since the water was going off at 10pm. Nezt morning wentona walking safari. It was a dream come true. First thing we saw was an elephant, right in front of us. Then all of a sudden there were 3! UNBELIEVABLE! We saw baboons, warthogs, crocodiles,and many kinds of antelope. Just amazing.
Next morning left at 4a.m. (standard time for busses in Ghana and arrivedat 9 a.m. to our destination filthy, sweating, exhausted. Along the way we were stopped at customs and had 20-25 boxes of DVDs & home sound systems confiscated, then we ran into an accident between 2 trucks which held us up again. Really too much to tell.
We finally arrived at our wonderful bed & breakfast. It is our garden of eden after our bout in hell> Hot water, air conditioning, comfortable bed, not to mention absolute beautiful rooms.
Had a wonderful day in Kumasi today. Will keep you posted on our future adventures.
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Gail-It sounds like you are having a wonderful time. Fun to read about your adventures--you will have to organize a Baystate African Safari trip in the future. Miss you and say thanks to Julie for her interesting blogs. Nancy Greco
ReplyDeleteI finally figured out how to write back hope you got my text messages sounds like a great adventure and can't wait to hear all about it safe trip home can't wait to see you and i'm sure julie will hate to see you go and you will hate to leave her but isn't it graet you 2 can share this experience see you soon luv jan
ReplyDeleteHi Julie. My name is Bunnie and I work with Sheryl. This is the third time I've attempted to send this message so keep your fingers crossed. Sheryl was soooo excited about this trip. It sounds as wonderful as she had hoped it would be. I can't wait for her to get back with stories and pictures. What a wonderful opportunity for your Mom to see where you work and live. An adventure I'm sure she will never forget. Thank you so much for taking good care of the ladies. We warned Sheryl about being too adventureous but you know Sheryl!:) I'm looking forward to reading more about your trip. If the girls are still there please send my hi's and love. Take care, be safe and keep up the good work. Bunnie Zipp
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