Thursday May 8, 2014
Today was a real good travel day. We spent a good 10 hours traveling to the
North to Mole National Park. Along the
way we stopped at the Boabeng Monkey Preserve.
Now this monkey preserve is very unique.
The village is very old and has a close relationship with the monkeys. The relationship is so close that it is
customary for the monkeys to come to the public places of the villages to
die.
The forest is also very sacred to the people. They know which trees are natural, and which
were planted by ancestors. They know the
story of the trees and they hold the land to be very special. The river is to remain unused and the monkeys
are to remain untouched. If a monkey is
hunted, you will be killed. They also
have a special graveyard where the monkeys are buried and get a marked burial
site.
We were able to purchase mangos and bananas to feed the
monkeys. They will come and take the
fruit right out of your hand, and at times they would jump on the
shoulders. It was great to see the group
go through and have so much fun feeding the monkeys.
We continued our journey north on some very sketchy, pothole
riddled roads. At times I thought he bus
was going to go over on its side. We
came upon an overturned truck full of Whiskey, what a shame--not really!! We stopped on the roadside to get a back of
rice and some stew that they put on top.
Arriving in Mole was very nice. The drive was very long and we were all
feeling very cooped up for so long. The
park is beautiful. It was very cloudy
all day and we were able to see lightning across the whole valley. The hotel sits up high on a hillside
overlooking a large valley below. We all
hung out, talked, ate dinner and headed to bed.
I was able to use my bucket bath skills that I picked up
last year and improve on them this year.
I learned my ways—no more standing in the bucket—and I am a professional
now! Way better this year then last
year. It was fun hearing the roomies
freak out do to cold water. They will
get the hang of it, I am sure.
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