Coconut Grove Bridge House Elmina

... anytime soon)<br>The guy who we met there told us that that is how they celebrate. By running in a large circle over and over and over again. <br>So this time we joined in with his group who was definitely the rasta-farians. <br>Out of control.<br>And ran for at least a mile if not more. <br><br>Then at the end of all the running <br>(mind you this is at least 2 hours later if not more)<br>The massive mob proceeded to go down to the ocean.<br>First there was a fight ...

... may those who died rest in peace, may those who return find their roots, may humanity never again perpetuate such injustice against humanity, we the living vow to uphold this<br><br>(Might I remind you that after the slave trade ended in the 1800's, similar crimes were committed against humanity during the Holocaust, only 60 years ago ... we still have a long way to)<br><br> After a late night arrival in Dabamete, we continued drumming for the past two days. Morning and ...

... courtyard in a single file line through the guest and the amazing rhythm of the drums, cheering of the ladies in the crowd and overall excitement of celebrating a wedding was overwhelming. We sat in front of the guest at one long table and there were a few call and response type prayers and songs and then the real party began. There was a DJ, drumming and dancing and it was a blast. The dance we learned is called Adwoa and it is quite a work out in the thick humid ...

... which really put a damper on Dutch efforts to keep things under control. The slave trade had been outlawed in Europe in the early 1800s and now Elimna was just a slowly decaying Dutch possession. However, the Dutch had kept up good ties with the Ashanti king who controlled the area and this gave them an idea: recruit Ashanti men, who should have better resistances to tropical diseases, to fight for them on Java. Unfortunately for the Dutch, the Ashanti men weren't ...

... faglar och fjarilar och nagra apor. Det dom har som lockar manga ar en hangbro som byggdes under 1990-talet av en fond sa att man kan se skogen uppifran. Idag ar det inte ens en regnskog for man har forstort delar av den ursprungliga vegetationen. Ja ni hor hur motiverad jag ar eller hur? Jag tycker det ar i dyraste laget att se nagot som inte kanns riktigt ens da jag laser om det och som ligger en bit harifran. Traffar jag nagon jag kan dela en chartrad taxi med sa aker ...

... me how these men could call themselves Christians and consider a human being- inhumane. It also made no sense that the Africans did not revolt. Granted they were brought from many different villages and spoke many different languages, but it is hard to fathom that these strong bodied Africans could not take captive the Dutch. Once we got to the "Door of No Return" my heart dropped. I was the first to ...

... out by 6am on the bus that has been taking us on our weekend trips. First we drove down the coast and turned in-land to go to the Kakum National Park for a tree top walk. What an amazing experience we had! The park is the most well developed tourists sites I have seen so far. Before the enterance there were bathrooms with soap AND toilet paper (amazing!), a giftshop, a drinks bar, and most importantly there was a very cool interactive ...

... stop at a gas station that had two stalls - one "good" and one that smelled like pee from the street! Ewwww! Despite these two, there was a man who whipped it out and peed without even finding cover while standing just two feet away from us. sheesh. About 11:30, we saw the first signs of the Atlantic ocean! After finding our hotel, we dumped our stuff in the rooms and then headed out to the hotel we were supposed to stay at: Coconut Grove. The Grove was ...

... bubbles, we w**e fascinated by a couple of the nearby men: they w**e drinking a thick, dark substance poured from a large bottle.  (We'd seen small bottles of Guiness elsewh**e, but this was something new.)  It looked like...but it couldn't be...but...but...p**haps the British brought ale to Ghana?  Surely not?  It took us one more day to find the Ghanaian draught stout - Bubra stout - which is definitely one of Ghana's beauties.  Unfortunately, it's taken us the rest of ...