Wednesday 13 May 2009

CAPE COAST PHOTOS



























(L to R, top to bottom: Fort Victoria - only allowed up there with a "guide" (aka guard) because of the muggings - view from my room's window; Cape Coast Jubilee Park hoops court - no one out at midday, packed at 5pm daily; Cape Coast Post Office (abandoned); Squatting family in abandoned church; Cape Coast beach at end of the day - party time; Asofo Company emblem; Plaque commemorating the cessation of the African slave trade; View from door of one of the slave holding cells into Fort Cape Coast's main square; the infamous Door of No Return, through which uncounted Africans were marched onto slave ships moored just outside; View from Fort Cape Coast across eastern tenements and fishermen; View from behind main coastal battery at fort; View along Cape Coast beach to the fort; Fishing boats; Typical Cape Coast street scene from the roof of my hostel.

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