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Elephants Up-Close and Personal

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August 3rd 2007
Today we went to Mole National Park to see the elephants at the watering hole. We drove through the park and saw all kinds of wildlife: elephants, bush buck (antelope), bush pig (warthog), guinea fowl, monkeys (lots, and lots of monkeys) and of course… elephants!!! On this excursion, we stopped near a village of sorts where the national park workers lived. Here, I saw quite an amazing site. Ther ... read more

Africa » Ghana

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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