Following a tip, we found an awesome new lookout point on the escarpment near Nakpanduri.
Grandparents Visit
We’ve been blessed to have the kids’ grandparents visit us each year that we’ve been in West Africa. This year was my parents’ turn and they timed it so that KJ and “Granny Sarah” could celebrate their birthdays together. During their two weeks with us we toured around northern Ghana a bit taking them to […]
Rock Paintings on the Gambaga Escarpment (Tusugu, Gingana and Kpatritinga)
Learn about the incredible ancient rock paintings found along the cliffs of northern Ghana’s Gambaga Escarpment. In addition to the Tusugu (Tusik) and Gingana sites, a new site at Kpatritinga (near Sakogu) has been documented by William Haun.
Visit to Namoori Escarpment
Whenever Dr. Vince “Tiiya” Waite comes to town, I take him out to Namoori to visit his old friend who is chief of that village. Often we go out to the Gambaga Escarpment just north of there after visiting with the chief and enjoying a meal together. Several of his courtiers guided us and took […]
Snake Skin at the Escarpment
The Hauns find a MASSIVE snake skin at the Gambaga Escarpment
White Volta Rapids North of Gambaga
The White Volta River flows east to west just a few miles north of me and I’ve hiked down the Gambaga Escarpment to it several times. I recently visited a section of the river that appeared to have some rapids in Google’s satellite imagery. I was trying to find the exact spot that Dr. Rudolf […]
Baboon BBQ
While hiking at the Gambaga Escarpment near Namaasim, we ran into a hunter I had met about a year ago. Back then he had told me he was hunting baboons. I didn’t think it very likely that he’d find any. On this day, however, he had been quite lucky and stumbled across a pack of […]
Scarp visit with Christine
With Christine in town we had to take her to our favorite lookout point at the escarpment. Dr. Grossman and Richard Jandow, their translator for the research project, accompanied us for the hike. It had been stormy all morning but before sunset the clouds cleared and the cliffs looked more beautiful than I’ve ever seen […]
