Travella Lodge Accra

... 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.&#8232;<br><br>Day 4 Kakum National Park/Elmina Castle and Slave Dungeons&#8232;<br><br>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.<br><br>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 ...

... places of the extra hour sessions (i went to the department offices and no one was able to tell me there, even) but it seems that the professors are pretty apathetic about attendence in general. <br>I think the reason is because most of the education here is self-guided. There are no tests, no papers, and no assignments all semester until the final exam in all of my classes except one (the one that is not like that is my archeology course, where 30 percent ...

... renee does not even like using the word cute. Update) Thus, renee will be spending a significant chunk of h** time at the orphanage. (Holl**) 5) Ghanaians love to salsa. (Who would have known?) 6) Ev**y Wednesday night is reggae night at LaBode Beach. A fun time. (I guess this can fill in for open mic night for the time being J) 7) The Rasta's will openly try and sell you weed. (I feel as if the phrase 'out of control' has been used ...

... the wedding is at. He just led us there. Walked with us the whole way. That&#8217;s why I like Ghanaians. When they help you, they really make sure they help you. So we got there, and there were drummers and dancers, but none that I recognized. Uncle saw a few people he recognized, including the Dagomba Chief of Tema. We went and greeted them. They told us that there was another event not far from where we were, in Ashema, so the group split up and some went to perform there (actually ...

... cellars in which slaves were crammed for months, were chilling reminders of the unreasonable treatment of their African ancestors. <br> After a couple more days at a Brenu beach resort, where I devoured a delicious garlic butter lobster, we continued east along the coast to Cape Coast. My birthday was spent checking out Cape Coast in the morning, then being scared senseless whilst undertaking a rainforest canopy walk in Kakum National Park (I didn't quite trust the ...

... warm that it is humbling. I have learned so much from ev**yone- my CIEE friends, my roommate, my *****ian and Ghanaian friends in my dorm, and the various children and people you meet ev**ywh**e you go. I am looking forward to studying for my finals but I have already learned so much more- about myself, the world, people in gen**al, that my exp**ience h**e feels complete. Life h**e is at a much diff**ent pace- things c**tainly seem disorganized at times, but it is ...

... Let me just say I managed to get slippers made in Ghana in size 44, almost crippled myself in Italy having bought a pair of men's shoes in Rome which chose to give out on me at an official dinner and I had to hobble home and then I promptly forgot them in Rome (Freud would have a field day) so I had to buy a pair of men's moccasins in Uganda so that I could grace Amsterdam with a modicum of respectability.  Let me state here that I hate closed shoes! 

... att folket i Ghana garna tar pa varandra, aven framande manniskor men tar dom oss pa brosten sa ska vi sla dom i ansiktet, det ar en viktig signal till alla som ser att vi ar bra manniskor. Man friar som en oppningsfras for att lara kanna oss och ursakter som pojkvanner mm biter inte pa en kille fran Ghana. Hon hade mycket spannande saker att beratta kan jag lova. Mandag em tillbringades pa stranden, inte helt fel ...