Kintampo Waterfalls, The King's Palace, Some parts of Kumasi...

Kintampo Waterfalls...

         There was nothing as beautiful as watching the waterfalls. It was great seeing a large number of children who were excited to cool off from Ghana's humid weather.

The Asante Tribe : King's Palace...
       The Asante is one of the tribes in Ghana, and their king's palace is located in Kumasi (which is about five hours away from Accra, the city). The king's palace and abode was right behind the palace museum. The previous king had formerly lived in the palace museum, which now contains important antiques. All the items in the king's palace museum included the past culture of the Asante people. The refrigerator used in the palace had been there for over twenty years...

Some other places in Kumasi...
               I visited a place where people wove fabrics with a hand made weaving machine. It usually took weeks or even months to weave yards of these fabrics, and so the end products of the fabrics were very expensive. I actually tried weaving a piece of fabric with the machine... It was an exciting experience. It was quite laborious but fun all the same.

My trip to Mole National Park...

          The Mole national park is one of the popular places tourists love to visit in Ghana. The animals present in the park were never brought into the park. The park had earlier been a village in Mole where people lived. Later on, it was discovered that most of the inhabitants of the village were coming down with a sleeping sickness, which was killing some of them. After various studies were conducted, it was noticed that there were numerous amounts of Tsetse flies present in the village. More research was carried out, and it was discovered that these flies were present as a result of the wild animals present. These animals include elephants, wood hogs, crocodiles, antelopes, baboons, etc. The tour guide also mentioned that the oldest elephant in West Africa was found in this particular park. The elephant was called ‘old man’ because his husks were all the way to the ground. We had the opportunity of walking on foot through the forest very early in the morning. It is definitely one of the memorable experiences I would never forget because these animals were in their natural habitats, and none of them had been trained. There were also a lot of baboons walking around, and stealing food from people’s tables.