Chelsea Place Guest House Accra

... my friend” (my roommate Maria) this aspect made the whole picture taking event even better because they talked to me about my hostel for like fifteen minutes (if I could, I would definitely house these people, they are thebomb.com)

after we finished taking pictures of all the families, we went and took pictures of our "future building site" (I have no idea why this was so exciting) and then Kwame insisted that I take pictures of his goats ...

... difficult, so we didn't get to do everything we had hoped, but whilst stuck in various small villages, waiting for transport, we had a few nice chances to meet the locals and see a slower pace of life. The area is dense green jungle with valleys and waterfalls. We visited 2 waterfalls, including Wli Falls - the highest in West Africa. We actually stayed within sight of these falls, in the town of Wli, at a great lodge run by a lovely German couple. It was a nice, quiet, relaxing ...

... COME.  We stayed out until 4am when the bus took us back to the port. I had to be up at 5:30AM for my trip to Kakum National Park.


Day 4 Kakum National Park/Elmina Castle and Slave Dungeons


It was a 4 hour bus ride to the middle of the rainforest. We hiked and got to the famous "canopy walk". It was like I was in the Jungle Book. We walked across a canopy (literally a wooden plank with netting around it) 130 ft in the air. Frightening. They claim that ...

... apparently even Mohammed Ali failed), and generally enjoyed being away from Accra for a while. It takes 4-6 hours to get there or back, so we took our time over the weekend.

I'm a little vague tonight - there is so much I would love to tell you all about, that I can't think where to start. The weather is constantly hot and sticky and it's very dusty, but everyone is very clean here, with families sweeping literally the whole house, including the dirt road out front, every ...

... this is where I will be working in a couple of weeks' time Learning to play African drums and wandering the Accra Arts and Crafts Market Playing soccer with the children in my host family, and learning Ga and Twi from them Lowlights: Being sticky. Signs on doctors' surgeries promising cures for HIV/AIDS Being sticky OK, this is way longer than I had expected - If you're still with me, I'll post later in the week! I start at the orphanage tomorrow, so i should have plenty to tell!

... shoes for hiking and climbing.A hat, sun glasses, swim suit, will be helpful. Don't forget your camera.

FEES paid to NCSU include : bed,breakfast, & dinner for overnight tours; transportation; entrance fees to specified attractions, professional guide services.

Lunch, drinks,and personal tips are NOT INCLUDED.

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Kind regards

Kwaku

Phone: 0277 544 644

... come out. Low and behold we find a "resort" owned by a Chinese man. We stop have a drink and some lunch. It turns out to be very expensive but the crashing waves mad it a very nice stop.

After lunch and a beer went to the market that we had been to on our first visit. One of the people remembered us which was nice. It also meant that we had to visit his stall. Arriving near the end of the day ...

... upload so that you guys can see what I've been doing. But it's all on my laptop, so you will have to wait until I get decent internet access at a real internet cafe in the big city.

But really, everything is great. I'm learning a lot of drumming, dancing, and cooking. I'm working hard at picking up the language. Ewe is very hard to learn. Like I said, hopefully I'll be able to get online this next week and I'll give you a much better update.

... let alone 20-odd (and some are VERY odd) white people in a big open sided truck driving through or stopping in their village.

It started at the bord** crossing. We w**e stopped for hours, firstly as the immigration man was so happy to see us and wanted to talk to ev**yone, shake ev**yone's hands, and welcome us all individually at least 5 times (he even said i could have a job th**e as i had filled my entry form in so well...gotta love that ...

... malaria, HIV/AIDS and oth** destructive diseases. These countries, which have suff**ed so much through the years of colonianlism and the failures of independence are now growing into themselves and I feel great hope and belief that they will become (and ore well on the way to) really strong, viable, proseprous, safe, stable and wealthy nations. More time is needed, but it will happen!! 5) Well, that's one big blog post with a lot of stuff in th**e!! I hope that yuou all enjoy reading ...