Here is Kristen walking across one of the bridges.

The next morning, Friday, we headed to Kakum Rainforest National Park to walk along a rope bridge walkway high in the forest canopy. We'd all looked forward to this moment throughout the entire trip. I was a bit nervous, but, hey, it's just a short bridge and would be over in a minute. NOT!! It was actually seven bridges, and I was absolutely terrified! It took us a good 45 minutes to cross all seven. I did get to bust open a coconut when we finished, though. I drank the juice and then shared the meat with my roomie, Heather. It isn't like the coconuts we eat in the States. Actually its kind of slimy, like the consistency of an oyster. Captain, one of our knowledgeable guides, said it was sweet. Maybe - a little.

We ate lunch at a wonderful restaurant that was over a pond filled with alligators! But the really neat thing was the variety of birds living in symbiosis in the trees. There were these yellow warbler-looking birds building round nests that hung like ornaments all over several trees on small islands within the pond. Also in these trees were larger, crane-looking birds, both black ones and white ones. The black ones were nesting in the upper branches, but you'd see the yellow birds in their nests, too. I wish I knew more about ornithology. It was definitely a Geographic moment!
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