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On the Farm with Kosi's children
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A mud hearth in the tatas
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Villagers up north
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Spent the morning with one of
JT's friends, a farmer named
Kosi. Learned all about how yams
are ...
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More waiting in norther Togo
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Atakpame, typical street scene
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Traffic jam on the national highway
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Pounding fufu!
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This is the closest town to JT's
village. I had a great street
meal of beans, rice, ...
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One main highway. Washed out by
rain. Two hour pit stop in 90
degree heat. We found a bar and
drank ...
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How many ways can you cook yams?
Here, I'm helping to cook the
most popular way: pounded until
it's ...
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BC and Ghanian co-teachers
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Mark, Kelvin, and Nat
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Sandy in Kumasi market
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Our group of 12 American
undergraduates co-taught the 200
schoolkids with Ghanian
co-teachers. Here, ...
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Why were we always crowded into
tro tros (vans)? Maybe it's a
Ghanian sense of togetherness,
or just ...
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Possibly one of the biggest
outdoor markets I've ever
visited. Everything from
refrigerators to ...
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Canopy Walk 1
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Canopy Walk 2
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Typical port scene near Elmina castle, Ghana
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Hundreds of meters above a
rainforest, this canopy walk was
terrifying and thrilling. You
always ...
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Views were spectacular on the
canopy walk, even if it was
being held together with rope.
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The congestion and the
excitement mixed, here at the
Elmina slave castle. This is a
historic site ...
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Another pic outside Elmina slave castle
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Ricco on the bus to Cape Coast
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The group on our last day in Accra!
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One of the small moments I
remember: fishermen sewing huge
nets by hand
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One of those times you really
feel like a tourist--rather than
a traveler--is when you're
riding a ...
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Sadness. What a fantastic bunch,
working for an entire year to
fundraise and educate ourselves
about ...
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Akwaaba!
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Swimming in Waterfalls
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Cascades de Kakambura
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"Welcome!"
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Probably the cleanest, most
refreshing water I've ever swum
in.
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Here's the view of the 60-story
natural waterfalls near Badou,
Togo
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