view of la-palm royal beach hotel

sunset and palm tree from the hotel

crazy clouds over the hotel at sunset

atlantic ocean as seen from ghana

nice contrast between clouds and sky

sign at entrance to kakum national park

first view of the canopy walk

on the canopy walk

reaching the first canopy platform

me on a canopy platform

another nice view of the canopy walk

view from the canopy walk

last view of the canopy walk

that's me on the canopy walk

next stop: fort elmina, built in 1482, used in the slave trade

a catholic church stood in the middle of the fort, surrounded by slave dungeons

view from a slave dungeon

skull and crossbones mark dungeon where misbehaving slaves were left to die

last view the slaves had on the way to awaiting slave ships (long boats belonging to local fisherman are visible now)

panorama of elmina the town

elmina the town from elmina the fort (with cannon)

rocky coast looking west of fort elmina

hills leading to the aburi botanical gardens

looking up at the king palms

a nice wispy white flower

a red flower with long stamen

strange red flower/plant

one of several trails meandering through the gardens

looking down the mountain from aburi

accra visible in the distance

"god is great" on the back of a bus

hilarious! "observers are worried" on the back of a tro-tro

goats scavanging for trash to eat

girl selling bags of water on her head

man selling coconuts on the street

space to space = pay phone

leather bags and vcds for sale

jeans in a tree and other clothes for sale

my favorite billboard: fanta, share the fun!

and the ubiquitous: trash burning by the ocean