Today a group of 14 of us went on a day excursion to Bunce Island, the ruins of what used to be a major slave port for North America. (For more information on Bunce Island check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunce_Island) We took a very rickety-looking boat to get there, and it took us about an hour and a half. On the ride back we went through a torrential rain storm. It was a good time! For some reason I can't seem to get Blogger to upload my photos in the right order, so it's kind of random. Sorry.
Walking through the jungle on the island. I was actually surprised at the lack of bugs, though. I did get bit by an ant. And there were monkeys in the trees.
There were lots of this kind of tree around with humongous root systems, this root grew up around a wall that used to be there and now the wall has deteriorated, leaving a 'room' in the root!
This is the fireplace in the ruins where the slave traders would heat up the brands to brand the slaves with letters and numbers to identify them.
The ruins of the masters home.
Historical summary. After going through the slave road in Benin twice, this was different in that the slaves here were brought to Georgia and the Carolinas, specifically to plant rice. The slaves in Benin were brought mainly to Brazil by the Portugese.
The helper kid in the boat whose main purpose was to bail the boat out while we were moving. It was obviously leaking but very slowly. We weren't going to sink or anything.
Floor of the boat
The Africa Mercy from the water side!
Our boat pulling up to get us.
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