Sanaa Lodge Cape Coast

... things that have happened in the past year and start over anew. <br>(to symbolize this, in the mob of people running one person was carrying this massive. Massive. Trash can on their head (while running) that had objects that (I guess) symbolized several &#8220;bad&#8221; things that had happened. <br>Their were also a bunch of differently dressed groups of people that were running as a pack (this is where the parade aspect came in)<br>And all these groups (as far as I ...

... but the small black and white ones (Like the annoying one in Night at the Museum). <br>Unfortunately, I was on the canopy bridge at the time and really couldn&#8217;t reach to grab my camera and hold onto the thin ropes that were helping me keep my balance.<br>I chose living with a memory photograph over falling with a blurry picture of a black blob amongst the green rainforest. <br>(a wise decision if you ask me)<br>Plus there are these places ...

... I can&#8217;t really generalize about all Ghana hotels) there were two single beds pushed real close together in a teeny tiny room. Which I thought was really impressive because I had pictured an electricity less hut kind of rooming situation. <br>(and each hotel room was 30 cedi which is about the equivalent to $24-$25) with breakfast included. However beware, if you try and get a second cup of coffee as part of this free breakfast the ladies will give it to you but while doing so they will ...

... region where the people are apparently pretty poor)<br>Me and a few other people gave the kids some pens and pencils. They went crazy hugging and thanking us. We made their day just by giving them pens. <br><br>So when we got to Cape Coast we went to the Cape Coast and Elmina castles. <br>They were castles that had been used to hold and then ship out slaves to North and South America. <br>We took tours of both of the castles. Nothing was roped off like museums in America ...

... I learned to cook jollof rice. This is one of my favourite local dishes, so I wanted to be able to share it with people when I get home (there are a few more recipes that I am going to learn this week).<br><br> On Monday, we travelled to Cape Coast. After not being able to go on my first weekend in Ghana (due to Obama-related traffic and bad weather), I was worried I would not get another chance to go, but Kwasi, my teacher, insisted that we take time off from lessons to ...

... a center for trade goods from gold to wood and spices. The Dutch took it over in 1637. It was used to house slaves before they were taken on ships to the New World. The British took over in 1872, when the Dutch sold all of their holdings in the Gold Coast. It was really something to see where the slaves were held and the conditions they were held in. Some of the rooms even had a stench of human sweat and waste; we couldn&#8217;t help but wonder what it was like ...

... reveal the poor conditions only a visit can let people experience it for themselves.<br><br>From Elmina our home for the night was nearby Brenu beach resort. This place is about to be swallowed by the sea. Erosion has started to encroach on the now almost non existent beach and the resort is the next thing it has in its sights. Yet another relaxing day doing not much underneath a coconut tree.<br><br>After the relaxing of the last couple of days it was another ...

... The best thing is that it's actually a hardware store. I'm all for the glory of God, but this just makes no sense to me. On the ground in Accra, we catch a cab to the tro-tro station for Cape Coast, our final destination. Tro-tros are simply 16-passenger vans in varying states of disrepair that one can cram excessive numbers of people into and rive about the country in. (yes grammar snobs - you know who you are- I just ended a sentence with a preposition, I ...

... sa trevlig , vill jag verkligen inte hjalpa dom till ett battre liv? Dom kommer garna och halsar pa i Stockholm, dom alskar Sverige. Ingen vet var det ligger men dom alskar Sverige. Jag satt pa stranden tva timmar och laste kanske tva sidor. Det var bara jag pa stranden och de lokala fiskarna men mina nya "vanner" avloste varandra hela tiden. Nar den sista killen, 27 ar, dok upp fr ingenstans sa var jag lagom pratglad. Pa min vandring runt staden igar hande samma sak om ...

... friendly &amp; they seem to be truly happy to see us for no oth** reason than we have come to visit their country.  The most common phrase we hear h**e: "Hello!  You are welcome to our country!" Being English we thought that we may not be particularly popular - in Francophone West Africa, we w**e regularly congratulated by the locals for not being French!   Indeed, our first two encount**s with Ghanaians seemed to justify our conc**ns.  The conv**sation went ...