We were surrounded by moles. They advanced, teeth bared, snarling, Eric screamed..... You've probably guessed that Mole was not a park dedicated to our scurrying underground cousins, instead it was a brilliant park filled with elephants, antelopes, monkeys, baboons, warthogs and irridescent birds. We stayed at the Mole ('mole-ay') Motel. This was a fascinating place. It is perched on a cliff above a primeval savannah landscape that disappears vastly over the horizon. Directly at the base of the cliff are two watering holes, at which all the many creatures gather. One morning, 15 elephants w [View Full Entry]

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I am so sick off this entry!!!!! This is my third attempt to do this blog. Both other ones involved me typing a ton only for everthing to get lost. Those of you have seen me type will understand my frustration. Pete - great to hear from you - say hello to everyone for me. Suze/ Gia - oh my Lord, whatever next! Eric will write back to mom and dad in the next few days. We're now in Northern Ghana after a brilliant time on the fabulous Yapei Queen. What a sight to see this old freight boat chugging over [View Full Entry]

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Before we write our blog (after, actually, if you must know) we wanted to comment on your comments: FastmanNH - As far as the Ted William's Tunnel is concerned, I am sure it was constructed with the same precision and elegance as the dirt roads we are riding on! Michael Walker - We hope so too, this is a magical place. Rachel D. - I suggest closing your eyes, screaming, and then run as fast as you can. Ar Kid - It is great to hear what is going on back at the ranch. Thanks for keeping it clean for the [View Full Entry]

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Good Lord, it's the masters of melodrama here again, shaking the foundations of reality one branch at a time. Having just finished reading Eric's gatorade inspired version of Kakum, we have a few errata to address: The picture was one he found on the internet - we're trying to get the real pictures up now. The 'alligators' were 'crocodiles'. For 8-9 ft read 5-6ft. The three foot bully croc chased a girl from Montreal. Mike fed the little beast, and doesn't have a suntan. This was the poodle of crocodiles not a T- Rex. Eric was very brave on the ropebridge. [View Full Entry]

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Well today has been a full day to say the least. I never would have thought that vacationing could be so exhausting! We woke op early this morning to go to Kakum national Park and Animal Refuge. By getting there early we had hoped to see some of the monkeys but had no luck. While there we went on the world's highest rope bridge (and yes, I did say we). Definately one of the scariest things I have done. We were over 100 feet up on these walkways that connected 6 viewing platforms. As we climbed the hill to get to [View Full Entry]

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This is our second day in Cape Coast. Last night, we stayed up late talking to Richard, the fascinating Manager of the Hotel. He lived in America for thirty five years, and recently returned to retire in his homeland. His perspective was particularly illuminating and humorous - he told us a tale of land greed and avarice that beggars belief, but we will share that story with you in another place. Something about people building additions onto their houses when they don't actually own the land they are building on. Imagine... Yesterday, as we typed our last blog we met a [View Full Entry]

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We are in Cape Coast after three days struggling to cope with staying on a beach for a few days, being the only guests at a classy hotel with loads of friendly and kind staff, boogy boards, coconut palms, lovely beach, constant great waves, absolutely fascinating villages swarming with children running up to meet us calling 'hello, how are you?' in musical cadences that resembled birds, cable tv, air conditioned rooms, lizards skittering away from us whenever we returned to our room fifty yards from the surf, table tennis tournaments with the staff, great food, and new friends Fred, Joseph, B [View Full Entry]

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Having a fab time. I didn't yet get to see Eric's entry from yesterday, but he claims to have accurately described our day. Today is even more humid than yesterday. Sweat is pouring out of me as if from a faucet, much to Eric's amusement. We did another epic walk today covering some of the same ground as yesterday, but this time with a couple of missions in mind. Hopefully, Eric will load up the photos resulting from one mission - changing money. You'll understand when you see the pictures. It's great to be back in Africa for me. Ghana seems [View Full Entry]

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So last night we arrived around 10:00 at night. I won't go into the the details of our flights or say too much about the 9 hour layover in Milan. What I will say is that it cost me $10 for a coke and an orange soda at the airport which is more than we spent on an amazing meal of chicken and fried rice just moments ago. We both cashed in $50 for euros so we could go into the city for a couple of hours. For that much money we each got a soda, an ice cream, and 2 [View Full Entry]

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Mike says, "here we go, here we go, here we go!!" I don't really have much to say but I am looking forward to the jungle meat. Yum Yum!! And yes, mike did chop all of his hair off in this photo taken just moments ago! This is our super hero pose, sure to strike fear in the hearts of the villains everywhere! Y'all have a good summer!! Mike & Eric [View Full Entry]

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