Above are a selection of wonderful carved masks from Africa and Asia.
I didn't buy this stuffed duck in the end; but I was very tempted to in the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul.
Sun burnt, dusty and confused. Travels, writings, random observations and adventures in life by Ben Whateley-Harris
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Fulani herdsmen cross the roads with their cattle |
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The late Cara Knowles feeding a mona monkey in Baubeng Fiena sanctuary |
Phone top up shack in Accra |
Apam |
Coconut juce in Apam |
The Big Tree, apparently West Africa's largest juts outside Swedru |
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Broken down Tro tro near Yyeji |
View from Cape Coast Castle |
Cara Knowles at the big tree |
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Capr Coast castle |
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Mount Afadjato Ghana's highest peak |
Obroni Wednesday drinks |
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Kids and a dead rat |
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Tagbo Falls, Volta Region |
Cloth seller in Makola market, Aaccra |
Typical taxi on the streets of Mankessim |
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Palm wine |
Sir Charles beach, Winneba |
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Elephant and boy on rubbish dump, Mole national park |
Cara Knowles |
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Wli waterfalls, Volta region |
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Tagbo Falls |
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View of the Togolese border |
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Elmina castle |
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A wad of Ghanaian cedis. Approx about £50 |
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View from Cape Coast castle |
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Cape Coast Castle |
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Boats outside the castle in Cape coast |
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School kids move a chicken coop, Kwanyako secondary school |
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Mona monkey |
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Elephant in Mole national park |
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Queen mother inauguration in Nyakrom |
Cool drinks in Swedru's shaduf spot bar |
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Sir Charles beach, Wwinneba |
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View of slum from Cape Coast castle |
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Wli falls through the trees |