Watch Photos: Black Stars on board to Rio

The Ghana team depart for Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday morning ahead of the start of the World Cup in Brazil.
The Black Stars traveled in the early hours of Wednesday morning from the Airport in Washington after completing their preparations in Miami, the United States on Monday.

Kwesi Appiah and the rest of the team are aboard a chartered flight for the close to 10-hour trip with take off at 04:00am local time [08:00GMT].

After landing in Rio de Janeiro, Ghana will be moved to their base in Maceio before to begin their preparations for the showpiece.

Ghana’s campaign starts on Monday 16 June against US in Natal.