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Tag: backpacker

The Ewe Chief, the River Children and the Lion Mountain

on March 14, 2016April 28, 2020 By James Dee Clayton 25 Comments

As the taxi turned the corner, heavy and slow (as somehow we'd managed to squeeze in about eight passengers into a five-seater (of course, this is Africa)) the Adaklu Mountain first came into view. The air was hazy, heavy and humid, swirling vultures and black eagles the only thing breaking up the patchy white and blue [...]

Singing the Gospel (Life on a Slum in Ghana)

on February 19, 2016April 28, 2020 By James Dee Clayton 67 Comments

"Through the eyes of a child you will see the world just as it ought to be" - unknown. Welcome to Ghana, West Africa - a country with a people so open, welcoming, soulful, you will instantly find yourself in the arms of one great family. This is a story about my African family, and [...]

Into the Wild (Bathing with Elephants in India)

on February 2, 2016April 28, 2020 By James Dee Clayton 25 Comments

Behold! My global pilgrimage has thus far  brought me to some truly extraordinary places, and for the first time brought me on safari in Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu, and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve - in southern India. Here, cut off from all main roads, noise and chaos, the stampede of big towns and bleaching light pollution, you are surrounded by [...]

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