Judging by appearance - brown coloured dirt, looser in some places and more packed in others, fallen leaves in all the shades of fall, and twisting, uncovered roots, this forest floor could be trailing through a park in Canada as convincingly as it is in Ghana. It is not until the gaze lifts that the subtle difference in shape of the green foliage and the more obvious difference in the structure of the trees becomes apparent. The fog, too, is clearly unique - a combination of smoke, heat, and humidity. In the canopy, we are in Ghana; on the ground, we are in Canada; in the forest, we are home. Kakum National Park, Ghana. April 4, 2015.