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 GHANA, WEST AFRICA - 11 Days  |
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March 2004, EDDIE FRANK, Tusker Trail's founder, flew to Togo and
Ghana and embarked on a 2-week exploration of West Africa.
He hadn't been there in 21 years. What he
found was a region ripe with traditions, culture and the most incredible
people. What he came back with was an exciting trip plan for a
cultural trip around Ghana, culminating with the total solar eclipse.
Eddie located a fantastic site, up on a hill, right on the centerline of the eclipse shadow, with an unencumbered view of the eclipse. This area of HO, according to Jay Anderson, the NASA climatologist, is considered one of the best places weather-wise, to view the eclipse.
On the trip Eddie managed to find a local Shaman, Tudzi Agbodza, who is 95 years old! The Shaman tells a fantastic story of magic and the last eclipse in the area, many years ago. On the trip, don't forget to ask Eddie about this incredible tale, which will send a chill down your spine. Eddie invited him to join us. |If you would like to read more about the detailed itinerary, click here. (Call 800-231-1919, or email) |
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 Scouting just below the eclipse site hill. |
 A traditional Kente cloth weaver |
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 Eddie sits "below" Kodjo, the chief of Abutia Teti, near our eclipse site |
 Lengths of silk being woven into Kente cloth |
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 Cedi, the most famous glass bead maker in West Africa |
 The Freedom Hotel in Ho site of the eclipse |
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 Making glass beads in wooden molds |
 Eddie with the 95 yr.old Tudzi Agbodza a traditional Shaman |
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