WHATCHYA GHANA DO?

So after our day of safari-ing, we were all pretty taken by the idea of spending a night in a tree house in the savanna.  Some groups who do this see water buffalo, hyenas, and one group two years ago even saw a leopard.  Tonight could be our lucky night! The fact that our booking had been stuffed up and we had to check out on of our room on Easter Sunday only served to reinforce this decision...

Of course, once we had committed to this idea and checked out of our nice, water proof room, mother nature had other ideas and brought a spectacular storm over the park...

Usually, groups set off about 5pm and walk to the tree house so that they can set up camp before the sun goes down.  But since we had to wait for the storm, we had to wait until later and drive.  Since we had received a call  saying our flights the following morning had been brought forward by five hours (Again, with the tourism-work-in-progress NO ONE DOES THIS GHANA), we would have to leave before dawn, we decided to ask our trusty drivers Bim and Bolo to swing the Blue Bus out and spend the night with us to make a fast getaway in the morning. So off we headed into the night with our Guard and his trusty rifle should anything untoward make it's way up the tree house stairs...

Bim and Bolo were hesitant but obliged, and we soon discovered that despite growing up not far from Mole, they were abosolutely petrified. Extensive discussions were had over whether or not hyenas and leopards can climb stairs, and most of us were reassured after this discussion.  But once we actually started hearing hyenas, it became clear that poor Bolo and Bim were not reassured at all.  "Dogs!" Bim cried, "Wild Dogs, they will eat you!" Even though we were told they only eat carcasses, Bim was still unconvinced, and went down to the car to bring his prayer mat and beads up to the tree house.