Safari Beach Lodge Busua

... really shook all of our nerves in the beginning of the trip), then the first station we got to we descended our tro tro into the usual group of men that waits outside the door to hassle you/sell you stuff/ask if you need a taxi/eye your bags and grab things if youre not careful. We were able to get out of the main crowd and end up with just a few taxi drivers, insisting that we take their cabs to our next location---so much so that when we refused and said we wanted to take ...

... where nice guys and while the canoe was a bit tipsy we did see a number of animals on the ride. A salamander, a king fisher and a blue osprey gave us quite the performance as we watched it clean itself and dive its nose in the water to catch its lunch. <br><br>I really enjoyed talking with our guide Emmanuel he is 20 years old and has been leading tours through the Green Turtle for about two years. He recently finished his first two years of high school and is waiting for ...

... 40 children following us loving every photo we took. Even with the apparent poverty around Ghanaians are so happy and even in this remote village there was a small building that had a play station 2 for the children to enjoy for a small fee. <br><br>Rosina comes from a line of royalty in the Ashanti Region and because of this we have been exposed to things the average tourist would never get to see. We spent one evening with her brother who is the Bantimahene ...

... for a loo stop when she spotted "Amber did you just gallop??" "[with a laugh] yes Suze, I think I might have". She was most impressed. Still no word from the other truck re Angolan VISA's. They left the other day and headed straight to Accra in the hope of acquiring them. They were going to phone us and report back - if they managed to obtain them then we too were going to head straight to Accra. No news is good news or ...

... up for breakfast to start and had my last muesli, still feeling energetic. I had a nap later in the morning since I had nothing better to do. Emmanuel is maybe the nicest person ever. A few days ago he was wearing this shirt that turned out to be his secondary school uniform. I told him I liked the shirt but what I really meant was I liked the way the sleeves were short so I could admire his hot arms. He wore that shirt every day I ...

... which isn't so much a bus but a cargo van fitted with four rows of four seats plus one front seat passenger) kind of annoyed me. Every time we stopped - for instance a girl in our bus was sick so we pulled over for her to vomit - he would open the door and let the children out or let the vendors in. The vendors rush to the bus and the fourteen children in it take forever making all their purchases. Still, th is would have been OK once or twice but it happened ...

... fell in love. I also noticed the other children had drawn a sun on his forehead with a pen. He held my hand as we walked through the village and melted my heart. The children often try to grab onto you as you walk but I usually don't let them. When Katherine and I got back, Annette informed us she was leaving in an hour. For good! I think she was homesick and seemed to be pretty miserable for the last few days so it was probably a good idea for her to move on.

... Abraham, got to pick a game for all the children to play. Good times. I love the chaos of the village. The moment we enter we draw attention. You think the locals would be fairly used to obrunis but they act otherwise. The adults near the village entrance will ask where we are going and if we know the way. Sometimes they ask if we want to go on a canoe trip. Once we get past them we enter the village madness. Women cooking and doing laundry look ...

... been ordering it for 6pm but don't see it until 7pm if one of the girls asked for a 6:30 serving. I have been showering twice a day, when I get up and after my afternoon swim in an effort to remove the sand from all the spots it has crept on to (or into - gew). I don't think I am every completely clean, and then immediately have to apply sunscreen and bug repellent, making my skin all sticky again so it quickly attracts sand and dirt.

The next morning we were going to meet our friends, when a man walks up to us, introduces himself and says, "I can make you juice". We laughed because we knew it was the famous "Juice Man" and told him we'd put in an order later. Then we went and had pancakes at "Rasta Joseph's". These were not just plain old pancakes. They were Banana pancakes served with a chocolate bar that you put between them and then you have Banana ...