Author: Rebecca J Hogue
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Ghana Day 6
Read more: Ghana Day 6We were a little surprised to learn that we had 7-hours of driving ahead of us today. Most of the day would be spent in the sweaty bumpy Land Rover. We did, however, pause to take a few photos whilst driving. We had seen a few of these smokey compounds along our journey, but didn’t…
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Ghana Day 5
Read more: Ghana Day 5Breakfast at the butterfly sactuary was our most exotic yet. They just kept bringing us food. We pretty much rolled out of breakfast into a morning hike. Again our day began with a hike. Actually, this was more like a walk in the woods, as the terrain was rather flat. Becky had expected the guide…
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Ghana Day 4
Read more: Ghana Day 4We awoke before breakfast started, so we decided to walk around the resort and take a few pictures. The resort had a swimming pool that would have been really nice when it was new. It was definitely showing signs of disrepair as many of the tiles in the mosaic and along the steps were missing.…
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Ghana Day 3
Read more: Ghana Day 3Since palm wine is mostly harvested first thing in the morning, this is how our day began. On our way towards breakfast, we followed our guide through the paths beyond the village to see the palm wine harvest. Palm wine is extracted from recently felled palm trees. The farmers cut a hole in the base…
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Ghana Day 2
Read more: Ghana Day 2Our day began with a hike through the tropical rain forest. The area was rather hilly, so the hike involved a lot of ups and downs. On our hike we passed through areas were farmers had cleared to make fields. The most common crop in these fields is cassava, which is used to make fufu…
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Touring Ghana – Day 1
Read more: Touring Ghana – Day 1We had a week to kill before our reservations at Green Turtle Lodge, and no idea what to do with it. We don't really like big cities, and there is very little “tourist” infrastructure in Ghana, so getting around and finding places to stay wasn't easy. Inspired by Marie McCarthy's kindle book Travels in Ghana,…
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Crossing Togo and relaxing in Lomé
Read more: Crossing Togo and relaxing in LoméSince we were almost at the Togo border, and didn't want the inflexibility of the bus, we decided to take a taxi from Doutou to the Benin/Togo border and then take some form of local transport (shared-taxi) across Togo to Lomé. In many ways that sounds more challenging than it actually is. Marianne arranged the…
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A flat tire and a visit to the local health clinic
Read more: A flat tire and a visit to the local health clinicOur day began with the discovery of a flat tire on the truck we had borrowed, so we added fixing the tire to a list of chores for the day (along with washing the fabric we bought yesterday, so that it can be dried and hopefully sewn someplace else along our journey). It is our…