EEEEK!!  Bats! EEEEK!!  Bats!

EEEEK!! Bats!

As we wondered around Elmina Castle on our self-guided tour, we found many interesting and dismal places. This room, once a slave dungeon, was infested with hundreds of bats. Mike actually discovered them on the cieling after I made a hasty escape when one flew by my head.


From: Africa » Ghana

Ghanaian  Flag Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the... [read more]
Blog: Elmina Castle
Date: July 22nd 2006

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 cha ... read more




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