Abandoned in Sawla!!

Mole pt 3 - WACHOW!!! ...er...I mean, Wachiau

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March 30th 2009
With half of our trip completed we decided to make our way our next destination the Wachiau (pronounced Wa-chow) Community Hippo Sanctuary. Our only problem was figuring out how to get there. Transportation up north is limited at best, so our options were few. We could either hope to catch the bus going to Wa as it passed through Larabanga and maybe get a seat if it wasn’t already full. And th ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Upper West » Wa

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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