• Bonkro Day 2 - Last Day in Ghana

    September 22 in Ghana ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Early morning start this morning to go bird watching in the forest. Took the bus along a logging road to get some clear space where you can actually see something. Weather was overcast again so most of the birds were distant silhouettes. Not many exciting pix of them but plenty of butterflies and insects so I focused on them. I'll edit this to add some later.
    We then had the morning off. Angela signed up for an African Cooking course, so the ladies commandeered the bus and went into the market in the nearby big town to get fresh ingredients. There is not a lot of refrigeration so a lot of the ingredients are bought fresh.
    The output of the course became lunch. Actually very nice.
    Another break until 3;00pm then back to the Picathartes again. Had to wait for an afternoon storm which tipped it down. Forest was even more hot and humid.
    On the way to the birds the guides found a tree Pangolin. How they found it I don't know. Very well hidden low in a tree.
    Saw Picathartes birds again, but I swapped seats to a less favourable position. Pix are not as good as yesterday. They are still on the 'proper' camera so I'll edit them in later.
    Night walk called off tonight as we are tired and a Pangolin was already found.
    Tomorrow is 6hrs back to Accra lunch and then the airport. We will be shifting down to Botswana to start that part of the trip.
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