“Mole was certainly one of the nicest places I have ever been.”

Ending the last blog with such a sentence is a great statement but Mole was indeed a nice place, one of the nicest places I have been.

Mole Motel lies inside the Mole National Park and is situated on top of a hill with the view over the savanna. Most interesting about the view are the two waterholes just in front of the hill where we the first night were lucky to see an elephant go to drink some water and take a shower.

The next morning we went on a walking safari taking two hours where we got to get about fifteen meters close to a small group of elephants before we went further and saw some antelopes and warthogs. Right before the tour was done we went past the waterhole where three elephants walked up and we saw them even closer to us.
Seeing an elephant that close in its real surroundings and not just in a boring zoo was amazing.

Even more amazing though was how we the next couple of days experienced both warthogs and families of green monkeys and baboons walk around on the compound of the hotel. That was just a part of the everyday life with a hotel and its tourist living in harmony with the animals in a National Park.

After we had enjoyed some days in Mole it was time to turn back. After waiting in the small village of Larabanga for three or four hours and being rejected by three buses all being full we were lucky to jump on the trunk of a pickup truck taking us to Sawla. In the trunk were Nina sitting down surrounded by five men including a 90 years old one and a lot of pidgin nests.

As per usual in Ghana, especially in the north, this too was a dirt road and one of a very bad standard. With a constant cloud of dirt in our heads and bumps blasting our butts for the next two hours, we arrived in Sawla exhausted.

The rest of the way back to Kumasi went in an STC bus sitting in the aisle on some small plastic chairs for four or five hours.
By the time we got to Kumasi Nina had unfortunately caught some kind of virus and laid sick for the next two days. Stuck in a hotel room getting crazy without anything to do I went out daily on half-day journeys in Kumasi buying groceries and exploring the fascinating city. Most memorable from the time in Kumasi was probably the way we were able to eat sixteen fanyogos in one and a half day.

When Nina finally got better we went to Accra and afterward Hohoe where I have spent the last two weeks of my stay here.

Staying in Hohoe has been really nice. The biggest reasons for staying were that I didn’t feel ready to go back to the everyday life of Denmark and that I wanted to spent some more time with Nina.

Since I have realized how big of a difference there have been between the Hills, Cape Coast and then Hohoe. Living all three places have given me a great insight in Ghana and the different cultures here.

Now there is only one week left of my African adventure and unfortunately I will be having a hard time extending it further. Monday the 26th is my date of arrival in Kastrup Airport.

Hopefully I will post another blog upon my departure and no matter what I will definitely post some when I get back.

Thanks for taking the time to follow my experiences.

- Danny