Friday, June 09, 2006
TERMITE TOWERS
Because so much of the ground is red sand here, you see a lot of these sand hills - actually what they are are termite hills. Where the red piles are, there once was a tree, but the termites took care of that, eating the wood particles and disposing of the dirt (sand) in a pile. Then after a while the soil is fertile enough that a new growth will begin right in the middle and on the sides of the termite tower and I guess the process starts all over again. These are two out of about 7 or 8 that we pass each day going into Accra. They are about six or seven feet high and very striking given the green foliage that is around everywhere right now (rainy season) . In the background of the one picture you can see some of the Tema-Accra area - houses and businesses in the background. On the other picture, you can see the toll both - we pay 500 cedis (about 6 cents) to travel on the toll highway - it is a divided highway and is very much faster than taking the beach road, however, the beach road has lots of Africa interests on it we'll put up a few pictures of the Ocean and that route in the future.
# posted by Ghana Gazette @ 4:38 AM 
