WE THREE IN THE WEST - BENIN, TOGO AND GHANA

Africa » Ghana » Eastern
March 15th 2008

Published: April 8th 2008

The Benin border formalities were a breeze......so much so that we mistakenly didn't even get a tourist visa at Immigration on the way in! We'd been riding around the dusty border town zipping in and out of Nigeria and Benin (there is no sign of an actual border, let alone some sort of barrier) just trying to find both Immigration and Customs when we finally found what we thought was the Benin Im... Read Full Entry

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Akwidaa villagers on their way home.

Local kids mixing it up on the volleyball court

Akwidaa villagers

Carrying coconut husks - reason unknown - possibly used in the fermentation process of palm wine.

Sunset over Green Turtle beach

Green Turtle Lodge's bonfire party

Well, after staying there for two weeks you'd expect a good send off! Thanks Dave and Maria!

Green Turtle bonfire beach party, Take II

Green Turtle bonfire beach party, Take III

The local Akwidaa village dancers were awesome....things got a bit messy when we all decided to join in though!

St George's Castle, Elmina, Ghana.

The view from the Governor's balcony.

Elmina town

The view from St George's Castle, Take I

Elmina town

The view from St George's Castle, Take II

Elmina town

The view from St George's Castle, Take III

St George's Castle main courtyard

The lower storerooms were converted into Slave dungeons, the soldiers lived on the second floor, next the higher officials then the top floor was occupied by the Governor.

St George's Castle Punishment Cell

Slaves were sent to their death in this cell as they were not given water or food. When they died they were dragged out, a rock tied to their waist and thrown into the ocean.

A St George Castle Courtyard facade

The lower floor surrounding this courtyard was used for housing the women slaves.

The crowd gathers....

Roadside repairs always attract a crowd. In this case it's the villagers of Diare who have an afternoons entertainment.

Diare village fan base

Inquisitive Diare village kids

Just what do these white people have inside their tent?

Stopping and staring

Whatever it is in the bowl was probably cold by the time she stopped starring!

Pounding Fufu

One of the staple foods in Diare village is fufu, which in their case is made from pounding yam whilst adding water until a dough-like texture is produced.

Water supply

Our friend Raba in charge of the water supply. Thanks to a NGO setting up this piped-in water supply Diare village now has water year round. It is a metered system so also now has other western problems associated with it....like how to pay for the water you use when there are very limited jobs to earn money.

8th April 2008

Nancy Tiernan
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South Island
As soon as you started to describe the hike into Wli Falls I was picturing an area we visited on the South Island - and then you made the comparison! Fascinating inside glimpses to the village life in Daire. As always, I'm amazed by your attention to telling detail - and your ability to patch that poor bike together!

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