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Accra to Sogakope – Ghana, Togo and Benin

Built by Sheila Simkin on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

There were only four other persons in our Mountain Travel group beside us. Two others had cancelled for health reasons. (That’s why you need travel insurance.)

The trip was officially begun with a morning tour of Accra. The most unusual point of interest was the district of the carpenters in an eastern suburb. They have a thriving business making caskets! Not ordinary caskets, but elaborate colorful caskets in the forms of airplanes, fruits, buildings and animals. The carpenters build to their client’s specifications. You decide exactly what kind of personalized coffin to bury your family member in, they can do it in a week. Or decide on one for yourself, hopefully, years before it is needed… If cremation wasn’t my choice, something in the shape of a Burger would be right up my alley! What about you?

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a nice cow coffin



There were a handful of open-air showrooms along the road selling these wild-looking coffins. They were carved out of softwood and aren’t inexpensive! But to the Ghana people, a good funeral is an investment and show of respect. Sometimes a person is buried and then reburied when relatives can afford a proper send-off in a carved banana, or taxi…anything and everything.

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soft drink coffin

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Roberto and ex-Marine making coffin decisions

We also paid a fast visit to the National Museum of Ghana and really enjoyed eyeing gilded umbrellas, royal swords and other interesting collections.

Back (for us) towards the Togolese border, only a two-hour drive on very good roads, making camp in Sogakope. Camping was never a hardship. There was always good food, served on tables with camp chairs, and wine!

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our cook being watched by the locals

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