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View from the old Governors rooms, looking out over Cape Coast. 2005-10-30, Cape Coast, Ghana.Cape Coast Castle, one of the most infamous slave trading forts in Africa. 2005-10-30, Cape Coast, Ghana.Can you tell its only 5:30 in the morning?. 2005-10-30, Kakum, Ghana.The rope walk wigh about the canopy in the early morning.  Aaahh.. 2005-10-30, kakum, Ghana.Andy strutting on the rope walk. 2005-10-30, Kakum, Ghana.Our national park guide (Samson), and a crazy guy with a gun. 2005-10-30, Kakum, Ghana.
Most comfortable way to watch the festival.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Drummers on the left, some kind of machine gun on the right. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Not sure of the significance of doing this.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.booooooom bom bom. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Guns were fired most of the week.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.There were brass bands everywhere. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.
More guns, more cheifs. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.The streets are full as a Queen mother is paraded. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.A cheif is carried through the streets (this happened to about 20 cheifs). 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.It's hard being Queen.  The street procession under way.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Toothy grin.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Lots of firing of guns + Lots of cheifs = African festival. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.
Having a bit of trouble getting to the shrine. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.The Queens sitting togethor.  Healthy girls.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Only in Africa.  One of the Queen Mothers.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.boom boom bang boom. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.These are the linguists who speak for the cheifs.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.There was plenty of traditional dancing and drumming all week.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.
My rastafarian friend Natural (aka David), my personal festival guide.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Natural drinks from a calabash in the palace. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.The king and his 'soul'.  In traditional beleifs this boy holds the soul of the king (and is killed. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.The exciting 'Akropong' skyline.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Looking out over the grand durbar from the palace balcony.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.Natural and Andy.  Natural will be a cheif in a few years.. 2005-10-21, Akropong, Ghana.

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