http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2009/08/30/dispatches-from-ghana-813-axim-to-princes-town-not-along-the-coast Pseudo-random experience capitalization by Jean-Marc Liotier, just in case... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2009/08/30/dispatches-from-ghana-813-axim-to-princes-town-not-along-the-coast#comment-18513 Adjua Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:30:44 +0000 http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/?p=253#comment-18513 I think your estimation of the prison population speaks volumes abut the general misunderstanding of the slave trade. While 720 might have comfortably fit according to your measurements, the slave trade wasn't about comfort. Africans were stacked upon each other not leisurely jailed. I think your estimation of the prison population speaks volumes abut the general misunderstanding of the slave trade. While 720 might have comfortably fit according to your measurements, the slave trade wasn’t about comfort. Africans were stacked upon each other not leisurely jailed.

]]> http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2009/08/30/dispatches-from-ghana-813-axim-to-princes-town-not-along-the-coast#comment-18241 Jean-Marc Liotier Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:41:19 +0000 http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/?p=253#comment-18241 Google has updated its satellite images for the region. I can now plainly see that east of Lou Moon lodge there is indeed no road, nor any discernible path suitable for bicycling. We had done almost half of the stretch and overcome the worst relief - but we would surely not have managed the cross country ride among forest and barely demarcated fields. So turning around was retrospectively a wise move, especially since it appears that just before Prince's Town there is indeed a river to cross and for lack of traffic it does not seem like a straightforward crossing. See the Google Maps satellite image : http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=prince%27s+town,+ghana&sll=46.75984,1.738281&sspn=8.023453,13.491211&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Princess+Town,+Ahanta+West,+Ghana&ll=4.828944,-2.171516&spn=0.091171,0.170803&t=h&z=13 Google has updated its satellite images for the region. I can now plainly see that east of Lou Moon lodge there is indeed no road, nor any discernible path suitable for bicycling. We had done almost half of the stretch and overcome the worst relief – but we would surely not have managed the cross country ride among forest and barely demarcated fields. So turning around was retrospectively a wise move, especially since it appears that just before Prince’s Town there is indeed a river to cross and for lack of traffic it does not seem like a straightforward crossing. See the Google Maps satellite image : http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=prince%27s+town,+ghana&sll=46.75984,1.738281&sspn=8.023453,13.491211&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Princess+Town,+Ahanta+West,+Ghana&ll=4.828944,-2.171516&spn=0.091171,0.170803&t=h&z=13

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