While my parents were in town, we took a long weekend to the Volta Region. We stayed at the Afrikiko Resort, right on the lake and took little day trips around the area.
This picture is taken in the village of Tafi Atome, where there is a sacred monkey sanctuary. Centuries ago a tribe from the Central Region relocated to this area and brought their sacred monkeys with them. The monkeys are adorable and they are friendly, too. The guide that takes you through the forest bribes the monkeys with bananas and they come out of hiding quite quickly for this delicious treat. Once the monkeys are accustomed to your presence, the guide will then let you offer the bananas...I'm the only one that took him up on it. With Chloe attached to one hip, I squatted down to the ground, banana in had and a little monkey ran up to the banana and more quickly than Chloe-the-banana-eating-fiend could ever do, peeled the banana and gobbled it all up! Chloe was simultaneously mesmerized and terrified!
After the monkey show was over, we went through a walk in the forest, yes, I had to carry Chloe the whole way!! And at the other side of the forest, we walked through the tiny little village where this picture was taken. Chloe is standing in a pile of palm nuts that have been laid out to dry. Chloe had a grand old time destroying the pile...and then, of course, we put it back together.
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