Jeep Safari, Bruised Back, Forest Elephants and A Pet Wart Hog as Dinner Guest

Yummers!  After breakfast I sat in front of my room, which overlooks the watering hole.  Some tiny antelope creature passed right in front of me just now.  Only had a few hours to chill before our Jeep Safari.  It was a lot of fun but I have to be honest that I enjoyed the walking safari more…not to say that I didn’t love the jeep safari.

The best part of doing the jeep safari is that you sit on the roof of the jeep.  The one the six of use used didn’t have any safety bars on the front where I sat and my back was well bruised by the end.  It made it all the more exciting especially over the bumps with nothing to hold on to.  Let’s see we say huge elephants wandering the Forest, wart hogs prancing about, some monkeys and birds galore and of course lost of antelopes of all sorts.

The cost was fantastic for what you get.  120 for the truck split by 6 and 5 per hour per person for the guide.  There really wasn’t anything amazing about this little adventure but I wouldn’t have passed it up for the world.

To try and save a bit of money we had dinner at a little local spot.  We ordered earlier in the day and when we showed up the walked us through their house to the back area where there was a couple low top picnic tables and a pet wart hog…. at least the hog though that was the case.  Food was only ok but it did the job and we got to eat with a wart hog. 

Back at the hotel a big group of us had beers and good conversation.  I had mentioned my friend Obehi at the table but never by name but Sofie (young Swedish gal and Sam (from the UK) both asked if by chance I was talking about Obehi.  Oh, Ghana is a small place.   Sofie gave him a call and then passed it to me…. wicked funny…don’t think Obehi expected that one.

wandering the forest

Wart Hog as Dinner Guest