This past weekend the EAP group that I am in that includes about 50 other Americans traveled four hours to the west to the medium sized city of Cape Coast. An annual festival was being held there. The first day there was a sacrificing of a bull. We participated in a crowd that ran through the streets chasing the bull as a man lead it by a rope. The local chief then arrived to slit the bull’s throat. The crowd was too dense to get a good view, but just being in the crowd was exciting enough. Later that day we traveled to a place with a rope bridge above the canopy of a rainforest. After scaring those who were scared of heights, we headed back into town. We stayed at a nice hotel (hot showers and air conditioning, unheard of!) and later explored the city by night, sampling the local palm wine and cocoa liqueur. Saturday was the main festival, which consisted of an all day parade. Local chiefs were carried in coffin shaped chairs on the heads of servants. Large drugs and all kinds of instruments were being played and everyone was dancing. The streets were packed with people, and the mile long parade inched along slowly. We had been warned that pickpockets were rampant. When one was reaching in my back pocket, he was caught by other Ghanaians, who surrounded him and beat him, eventually chasing him out of the parade. After we had had enough, we went swimming in the ocean. The temperature was perfect, but there was garbage everywhere. The next day we headed back to Accra exhausted.
I now feel like I know what is going on with my classes, and everything is falling into place. I have been playing chess with another American, which is nice since I have not really had good competition in years.
One of my favorite parts of being in Ghana has been playing with children.
That’s all for now, leave me comments of what has been going on in your life, or email me.
Love, Forest.
3 comments:
Forrest!
Your adventures sound so amazing. It sounds like you had a great time with the other EAP'ers and are getting a lot of time to explore Ghana. This past weekend I went on a couple of road trips. The first was to a seaside town called Wollongong. It is a sleepy place with tons to do in terms of hiking, surfing, and being out in nature.
The second place I went was Bateman's Bay which is another small town a couple of hours south of Wollongong. I caught one of the most amazing sunsets I have seen in a while and went exploring around the Bay with a few other friends. In about four weeks I will be in Cairns to enjoy the sun and surf and even spend some time out on the Great Barrier Reef. I'll let you know how it is.
Keep having a great time over there! I miss you buddy and love reading this blog. Keep updating!!!
Legit dude, that's all I can say. It sounds like you are having the best experience ever. I really want to travel now and get some of these incredible opportunities to learn and have adventure. Just make sure you come back dude because as everyone knows the only true chess competition can be found in yours trully.
-Pattyflip
Hey brother
Your travels sound like such a blast! I hope you can get pictures posted soon. I want to email you but I don't know your address maybe you can email me first then I'll reply.
We are working the Kansas city fair and we don't have internet there. So it might take bit for me to get back to you. I Love You We all send our love. Phoebe and conrad
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