The reason for my long stay at Cape Three Points were sea turtles. During this time of year, from september to march, they come to the beaches of Ghana to lay their eggs. The lodge has a small nursery where eggs are brought to and the small turtles can...
Elsa Ge
Posted on October 29th, 2017
The trip from Lake Bosomtwe to Cape Three Points took me a whole day. It is far, but the main reason was the sytem of transportation. I started my journey at 6 am and made it without problems to the bus station in Kumasi. The system for public transpor...
Elsa Ge
Posted on October 27th, 2017
It's been a long time since I wrote something, I know. There were some things that I thought of writing about but the longer I am here the more I get used to everything and the weirder I feel when I think of writing about things that didn't w...
Elsa Ge
Posted on October 22nd, 2017
Afeaso was the second village of my research rounds. It is bigger than Brahabebome and grid-connected, though my room was not. I stayed in a housing complex with 8 rooms.
All others are used by teachers from the village's school and the one I was...
Elsa Ge
Posted on October 5th, 2017
For the work in two of the villages I stayed in camps of the wildlife division of the Forestry Commission. These are complexes for 6 rangers and their families. The rangers have several tasks to do in the area, including patrols through the National Pa...
Elsa Ge
Posted on October 4th, 2017
Elmina is a small town just a few kilometers along the coast west of Cape Coast. It is known for its Fort, Elmina Castle, built by the Portuguese in 1482. It was the first castle along the Gold Coast of West Africa. My travel there was easy, taking the...
Elsa Ge
Posted on September 28th, 2017
When I got picked up today to move to the Park Center from where I would visit the last two villages on my round, they asked me if it was ok to make a stop at the last camp I stayed at to pick up four poachers that they had arrested there the day befor...
Elsa Ge
Posted on September 24th, 2017
Abeka Nkwanta is the last one in a row of villages that are connected by a small road which leads from the bigger North-South-Road directly to the border of the National Park. It is decidedly bigger than Brahabebome, has its own school and is con...
Elsa Ge
Posted on September 23rd, 2017
As far as I can tell from my limited experience, Ghanaians are in general very happy. Whenever possible (wherever there is electricity and a radio or speaker) there is loud music played that animates people to dance along. In cities these are also in c...
Elsa Ge
Posted on September 13th, 2017
Accra, Ghana's capital, is a huge city. But unlike cities I know from Europe it does not have one core, one historic city, from which it expands. I actually had troubles finding beauty in the city during my one week stay there. But this might also...
Elsa Ge
Posted on September 9th, 2017
