Yesterday I went to the Shai Hills Wildlife Reserve with friends Christine, Andrew and Ben. Shai Hills is the closest reserve to Accra and only took about an hour and a half to get to. It was nice just to get out of the city and hike around for awhile. The only large animals we saw were some baboons. There are several herds of various antelope at the park but it was mid-day and they were all bedded down.
We were also able to hike into a couple of caves in the park. One of the caves has a large population of fruit and insect bats. We climbed back into the cave close to where the bats were but unfortunately we were not able to get any good pictures of them as they were too high above and the cave was too dark to focus well.
One other interesting thing of note was a little mishap we had the previous day (Sat.). Andrew, Greg and I were walking around downtown looking for a place to eat. Throughout the city there are these shoe shine/repair guys who carry small wooden boxes and will walk around beating the box with a stick or tool in order to attract customers. We were passing one of these guys and one of us must of looked at him cross-eyed because he suddenly hucked his wooden tool at us. Andrew ducked out of the way but it tagged Greg square in the ribs. We stopped and looked at the guy in shock while he proceeded to berate us in Twi or Ga. For whatever reason he wasn't a big fan of obrunis. Strange, but funny in hindsight.
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Brandon! I have only just discovered your blog and I am very excited, inspired, and most of all JEALOUS of your amazing adventures. I have met several of your admirers at Mercy Corps and I hope you know we all talk about you and how much we miss having you around. Its weird being at PSU without seeing you in my classes or being able to talk with you about social justice and what is going on in the world. Last year passed in a crazy blur and I'm sure this year will be the same for you but don't forget about all your friends back here in portland. you are in my thoughts and prayers and i want to help out with Laconscience if I can. Maybe I can do a fundraising event at my Seattle Church or something. Anyway... I will start brainstorming. take care and have an amazing year. i look forward to catching up when you get back, hearing all sorts of crazy stories, and seeing your photos.
much love, clare
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