Monday, April 2, 2012

Volta Region, Cape Coast and Tamale

Tomorrow morning I leave for Kumasi and then to Tamale to begin my ISP. It will be nerve-racking at first, but as time goes I hope I'll be apart of the family I'm living with (in a mud hut with a thatch roof). Updating will be hard because I'll be 30min. from the nearest Internet Cafe. Only 38 days left in Ghana; time has gone by SO fast and this last month will whizz by. But I also can't wait to see and hug everyone that I love! And also eat food that I've been craving: greek yogurt, blueberries, cereal, cheese, cookies, brownies, mexican food, chinese food, sushi, almonds, soy milk, cereal, cereal, cereal....

  
                              A welcoming sign on the beach near the Volta Region, we all made sure we contained ourselves.
                                         
                                         A fisherman at the beach, fixing a net.
                                              Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast
                                                       View from the castle
                                             Anna is happy on the canopy walk in Cape Coast!
                                      Apparently there are 600 species of birds there. I saw zero!

                                       Anna (unsure if she was in the photo..), Sierra, Aleah and me!
Early morning at the beach.

Sala holding a guinea fowl for sale. Guinnea fowl are usually given as presents 
in Tamale

Women pounding shea nut seeds to make into shea butter.

Me pounding shea nut seeds! Only women make shea butter, and is primarily made in Northern Ghana

Warthogs are weird...

WHAT! Elephants: wild, huge, beautiful

We are giving thumbs up to each other!

We were very happy girls!


1 comment:

  1. Quite close to the elephants! With your back to them yet. Brave young lady. :-) Every blog brings me your new interesting adventures in Ghana. Love you for sharing and just because you are you. Gma

    ReplyDelete