Bongo Rocks
on The Ghana Experience (Ghana), 07/Aug/2010 11:42, 34 days ago
7 August 2010We climbed Bongo Rocklast Saturday.It is one of the two hillocks in the Bongo village. As the name suggests it is full of rocks and various formations of it.We were four people in all. Two kids who were tending goats nearby joined us during the climb. The climb was easy. The hillock must be approximately 100m high. We enjoyed the climband getting down as well.The hillock is considered as holy by the local Christians especially Catholics and they make annual pilgrimage to the hill. There are 16 stages along the path upwards the summit and they stop at each stage and pray. At each stage they have erected a cross. This is very similar to many of the Hindu holy places in India where one climbs the hill by praying God on the way and one reaches to the summit where there is some temple or shrine.I request my friends from Mumbai and Pune that they should not compare it withany ofour hikes in Sahyadri. It was a small hillock(टिल्लू टेकडी!)after all and they are very scarce in this area of flat terrain. Something is always better than nothing.rocky landscapeA wild but edible fruit, no it is not litchiBaobab on RocksUnusual rock formationCrosses to mark the stagesThe hillock called Bongo RockDon't believe him, he has not reached the summit.Yes he is on the summit now.The group