In Ghana, Wonder Boy and I went on a canopy walk in Kakum National Park. This was something I knew I wanted to do before we left and it was a big factor in why I switched from Lariam, which made me insanely dizzy, to a different anti-malaria drug. The pictures I had seen of the walk in my travel book just looked so awesome!

I forgot one little thing. I don’t like heights. I’m not scared stupid about them or anything. But to walk across a bridge that is essentially a plank of wood resting on a ladder suspended in the air by ropes? That just doesn’t make me feel safe.

The Canopy Walk consisted of 7 bridges and I made it across the second and was waiting on the platform when I went into a full blown panic attack. I won’t lie… there might have been tears. But once you’ve started the walk, THERE IS NO TURNING BACK. So I made Wonder Boy go in front of me and would only walk across the bridge when no one else was on it. And so we have all of these great pictures of Wonder Boy enjoying himself and very few of me. Fortunately for me, the ones I am in are not close-ups. I don’t think the expression on my face was very …. picture-worthy.

Here is a video thhat Wonder Boy shot while on the canopy. Lord knows I couldn’t have walked and have been shooting video at the same time!
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