Clarke/Duff/Degelman Expedition

January-February 2005

Driver Kwame starts us on our journey across the coast

Construction sites are encountered constantly as we make our way out of Accra, a city half the size of Toronto. This particular site was creating a proper drainage link to the ocean from a main tributary through Accra

An offshore dredge, commonly seen off the coast of Ghana nowadays, prepares a channel for a long pipe to connect the above project out to the edge of the continental shelf.

The Pan African Highway (here seen completed on the right side of the picture and original road on the left) is making its way across the country from East to West and continues to improve the access for commerce and travel across the country

As the road is constructed, the people of Ghana make use of the broken aggregate from the old road, a testament to the value and scarcity of land-based aggregate in this country.

Continued road construction West of Accra

Many fine motels and restaurants have have been established over the last several years to accommodate Ghana's fastest growing industry... tourism.

We arrive at our site in Shama to find the bridge across our property has been completed.

Dale and Bob discuss coastline along property where rock outcroppings surround a safe harbor for our test vessels.