These pictures were taken during our trip to Cape Coast with our
daughter Natalia and John and Fran Kennedy.
Fran and friend, as we await the trotro for Cape Coast to fill,
an upscale trotro, with plush seating and air conditioning.
Garri (ground cassava) makers near Cape Coast. The road in this area
is lined with tables of garri for sale. In other areas it might be
stacks of pineapple or it might be corn meal.
Fran, Jannie, and friends, in front of St. George's slave castle, El Mina.
John petting a "strangling fig" tree. The strangling fig is a parasite
(John called it a vegisite) that wraps around a victim tree, robbing it
of nutrients and eventually killing it, a process that can take many
years.
View of one of the seven bridges that comprise the canopy walk in
the rain forest in Kakum National Park.
Natalia and John a the end of one of the bridges on the canopy walk.
The lower sign expresses one of Jannie's dreams, that we sleep out
on a tree platform in Kakum. The upper sign represents my dream.
Fresh cocoa. The white, gelatinous material you see in Natalia's hand
surrounds the cocoa bean. One eats the white stuff, which is sweet and
hints of the taste of chocolate.
Fran, John, and Natilia across from the entrance to Kakum, awaiting
street food, in the form of delicious fried rice and chicken.
The crab statue in Cape Coast. The crab is the symbol (mascot?) of
Cape Coast.