... and maybe just one or two more

... since thay are rather nice! The animal you see (not the chooks) is actually a sheep. This is the first time I've found myself unable to distinguish between a sheep and a goat. A bit unsettling, really, and called for a major revision in the way of seeing the world.

More of Ghana

A few more snaps of Africa, trying to help you see what it's like - including one of me propping up someone very tired in the bus on the way back from the world's tallest waterfall. Oh, and that wonderful expanse of water's the Volta River. We actually visited Upper Volta. Talk about the realms of impossibility!

Greetings from Ghana

A few hours from Egypt, and we're in Ghana. Doing more good works was the purpose of(or excuse for) the trip. It was very hot, and very Africa - everything you expect Africa to be is there: the jungle, the waterfall, the shanty towns of little wooden houses, the mud huts with the thatched roofs, the water pumps, the animals, the teeming people with beautiful posture carrying loads on their heads. What a hard life so many people have. Christianity is very visible, with many businesses incorporating God etc into their names. A couple of the best are: 'Our Lady's Mercy Limited' and 'God Can Do Welding and Fabricating'. I also quite liked 'Duane of Mercy'.

The Pyramids by bus

These pictures actually go in reverse order. From the traffic, through the horrible, dusty, urban chaos, suddenly the Pyramids loom over everything. And then you get there, and you see how big they are, and how the blocks of stone dwarf the people, and you think of the terrible achievement of their construction. But the awe you expect to feel is lost amid sheer awfulness of everything around them - the tourists, the buses, the guides, the hawkers, the rubbish .... The little winding streets around them, though, are full of interest with their shops of glassware and pyramid souvenirs, the animals, the crowds, a bevy of gaily clad schoolgirls, vegetables, bread and the sense of life going on.