We ended our first day in the village of Wli (pronounced Vlee) where we spent the night. I had prearranged for a show of African Drumming and Dancing, not really sure what that meant. At around 7:30, pickup trucks started pulling in with all kinds of people piling out of the truck beds. It appears that the entire village came to put on the drumming and dancing show. They gave us a show for about 2 hours. These people aim to please I tell ya. It was plenty of drumming for me, I couldn't get the pounding out of my head for another couple of hours. :)
The next morning after breakfast, we walked about 10 minutes to the entrance of Wli Falls - the reason we came to Wli in the first place. A leisurely hike and you are at the largest waterfall in West Africa. There is a second waterfall a little further up, we opted only for the lower falls this trip.
Please note in the cliff looking photos, that all the black blobs you see are BATS. Bats are everywhere here. In another photo, all the black specks in the sky are bats flying away. I should note that every night around 5:45 ( it is totally dark here each day at 6 pm), bats fly over our house. We look for them - as if it's our way of accepting days end.
I really enjoyed our time in this region. Sleepy, little villages, mountains, green, and very peaceful. I hope to come back.
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| The drummers were setting up |
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| This is about half the group - the rest came out to dance |
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| Sunday morning in the village |
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| On the way to the falls, doing their laundry |
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| Our destination |
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| The bats |
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| The bats flying |
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| A shop along the trail to the falls |
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| And naturally, each boy got a drum from the village |
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