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When you are visiting St. George's Castle, you have a big chance of seeing the locals in a conpletely different way. Behind the Castle, at the seaside, you will see quite a few Ghanaian men relaxedly taking a bath in the sea and washing their clothes. Result: they are completely naked!
(Of course) they don't like it when you take pictures of them, but it really is a funny sight to see them wash themselves with soap on the rough rocks of Elmina.
Updated Mar 21, 2007
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When you are visiting St. George's Castle, you have a big chance of seeing the locals in a conpletely different way. Behind the Castle, at the seaside, you will...
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