larabanga and mole national park

this weekend some friends and i went to mole national park. it is one of the best places in west africa to see wildlife.

mole is just outside the village of larabanga, which is home to the oldest mosque in west africa. it is mud and stick construction, originally built in the 1400s in the sudanese style.

in mole now...animals!

right outside our hotel we discovered this family of warthogs sleeping. notice the little babies nursing!

this is the sunset over the watering hole.
more warthogs!
the ripples of a crocodile.
antelope.
our guide, guarding us from all those mean animals.
elephant footprints...though no elephants for us that day.
bushbuck.