This is in Accra near the trotro station I frequent, this is a four lane road (2 lanes in each direction) and these are cattle grazing alongside the road; this is not an uncommon occurrence. One time I saw a donkey cart crossing this same road at a different intersection.
I know it is hard to tell in this photo, but the gentleman on the left is lowering a goat from the top of the trotro to its owner. There were 4 goats that rode tied to the top of this trotro, they were also covered with a net. I wonder if they were freaked out during their ride.
The same day we saw the goats on the roof, Matt and I rode in a trotro with a chicken (pictured below) and another trotro with a turkey (he sat in the back with the luggage). The owner of this chicken was very proud of it and kept wanting his photo taken with his chicken (see next photo).
And last but not least - overstuffed taxicabs are a common sight in Ghana. There was a news report in the fall about how taxicabs are no longer allowed to transport caskets (!)
Oh, also notice the vehicles passing over the solid white line, I am convinced the dotting of lines on the road must mean different things than at home because dotted lines often occur when sight lines are bad (not that drivers seem to pay much attention to anything when deciding to pass another vehicle).
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