Day 56-Ghana, Mole National Park-Charging Warthogs

Trip Start Nov 09, 2008
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Trip End Jul 02, 2009


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Saturday, January 3, 2009

Up at 5:30 (remind me of this next time I bitch and moan about having to get out of bed at 8 for work!) I wondered off through the tall grass in search of a suitable pee spot only to discover that the place I had chosen was swarmed by what sounded like a million killer bees.  Twisting and turning my head left and right waiting for the bites to come on my bare bum I couldn't see any but figured it best to buckle up and get the hell out of there asap.

If that wasn't bad enough when I got back Oliver asked "Looking out there what do you see". "Um lots of holes in the ground" "and what's covering all those holes?" "hmmm I don't know" "spiders Amber, lots and lots of spiders" at which I looked around and sure enough it was a mine field of cobwebs.... all of which I had just walked through last night and this morning to go to the loo.  Eeeeewwwwww he had nicely told me this when I was doing my last pack run to the truck so I just didn't return after that. 

We left at 7 for a long drive along dirt roads to Mole National Park.  Passed through a lot of back burnt areas. How they manage to control blazes in metre high dry grasses I have no idea.  Suzy, Kristy and I passed the time up on the beach playing shithead.  One advantage of moving about 20km an hour.  We passed the other truck, they having spent New Years at Mole.  They said it was good and informed us they had a pool... woo hoo.

Arriving we were greeted by a family of warthogs living within the camp ground.  Lindsay discovering later that evening that they more precisely lived under the wooden platform she had chose to pitch her tent on.

With only one shower for the girls and one for the boys Suze, Jamie and I took ourselves off for a shower in the pool.  Much more enjoyable if not all that hygienic.

There were look out platforms near the pool and camp ground which offered views of the water hole below.  Unfortunately no animals were there on our arrival but we were hoping things would change for the safari walk the next day.

Oliver was on cook group and served up scrumptious rissoles for dinner.  Afterwards a group of us sat around the table enjoying a few quiet drinks over games of double deck shithead.  Others ventured off to the bar.

At one stage Oliver went to get on the truck "Watch out for the warthog" I warned "what?" came his response quickly followed by a jump and "fek" as the not so pet friendly warthog charged him.  Hilarious. 

With an early rise for the walking safari it was off to bed for us looking accompanied by the sounds of the wild.
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