About Wenchi in the Bui National Park
The bus from Larrabanga was great but also full to bursting. In addition, in each even the smallest corner bags stuffed with food and other goods. If you do not already sweating from the humidity, then crowded by the many people on the bus. To get to Wenchi, we had to change trains at the junction Damango. We were able to get off the bus soon. Accidentally passed a so-called Speedcar, which went to Techiman (which is on the way to Wenchi). The Speedcar was a van with the highest standard. The seats were comfortable and had air conditioning. By the 6-speed transmission, the ride was quiet and very pleasant. The price of the trip was twice as high as normal, but that was us at the time no matter legally.
From Techiman it was on to Wenchi, where we left our luggage once wanted to bring in a hotel. In the city the hell was going on, because we have experienced was at the same time a funeral of 3 important people. For this reason, each hotel was fully booked in the city and we were advised to travel to Techiman. go back to back to Techiman, would have upset our schedule so we tried our luck in a small suburb to find a free hotel.
I forgot the name of the village, but I call it "the village of dust." On the leaves of the trees on the roofs of houses, the cars, everywhere was red dust. Since the road was not paved, whirled the passing cars on the dust every time. A guest house We have at least found and it was the cheapest room, which we received on the whole trip so far. The price for a room with double bed and fan cost just 5 Cedi (3.2 €)! Per person or one-half - we have paid almost five times in Akosombo. Unfortunately, you could get to eat in the inn there was nothing and not a single chop-bar (food stand at the roadside) in the village. In a small shop covered us with a little bread and tomato paste and later talked with the owner of the inn. She told us of her husband, who lives in another city and will very likely alien is ...
The next morning we waited for the Trotro Bui, where there is to explore the Bui National Park. Meanwhile, we were chased by a deranged woman. She wanted us to touch constantly and not even in Trotro we were safe from it.
The ride in the Bui National Park was probably one of the dustiest our trip. When a car drove in front of our Trotro, they were enveloped by a cloud of dust, literally. Our hair stood dannach filthy. In Bui we are told that we were probably too late for a tour in the park. The shortest leg hold a walking tour of 3 hours. As we had already resigned to not come to that day in the park, the tour guide came running and said that a group of workers of the nearby dam, with a Truck was there. They wanted to also check the National Park and we could come in the back. This way we have of course accepted. It sounded exciting on the back of a large truck, ride - that's it! We had to run over rocky hills, cross the dry river beds and avoid the branches of the trees by the roadside. The scenery when driving through the park, changed several times. Of dry grass fields, and rocky plains, to thick forest, there was everything. I tried a couple of photos during the trip to make, which was hard because even holding on was an art. When we
a forest clearing reached, the truck was "parked". On foot, we reached in a few minutes the river that is famous for its hippos. On shore in the mud you could see the footsteps and not far from bathing in the water a herd. They did not disturb us. From time to crack one of the hippos are huge mouth, and yawned loud - really loud! I doubt that an elephant hinbekommt this volume with his snort.
After we had examined the river a little, we went on our way back. Unfortunately, the way to the village was not as simple as the way out. The first hurdle was one of the river beds. Since it was relatively steep and the road full of large rocks was shot through the rear wheels of the truck. I had already given up hope, but finally we have managed. The wheels had by this action lost half of the profile - an expensive trip for the workers! As there were only a few kilometers to the village, we were suddenly stuck in the sand. This time, however, did not help and we had to walk to make the return journey. The sun was not so high but it was very hot and the trail seemed to us an incredibly long time to occur.
have in the village, we can supply us with water and helped to organize a tractor that would pull the truck. This has finally all works and said the workers that they are in the evening take a taxi to Wenchi. We have agreed to travel together and share the costs. Unfortunately we have forgotten in the rush to replace the mobile phone numbers. Ben and I were sitting by the roadside on a bench and waited until late in the darkness, but the taxi never came. Annoyed, we took a room at the inn. The first and possibly only Trotro should arrive by 5 clock in the morning, we had a pretty short night. At least this was Trotro (even relatively on time)! A little worried because our backpacks were made with ropes on the roof, it finally went on ...
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PICTURES: Bui National Park
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