http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Barbara-J/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Barbara J en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:40:12 +0000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:40:12 +0000 FINAL BLOG OF THE JOURNEYLocal time 529am Ghana time 129am EST Tues Oct. 14th. flight departs at 1000am local time.Should you read this before 1020pm EST on Tues. Oct. 14th. please ask for traveling mercies as I head home to Georgia. SUNDAY With 8 other members of the group and myself we traveled from our hotel Sun Lodge in Accra to a 930am Sunday morning worship session at Freeman http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-334034.html FRI. OCT. 10 2008 Resided for 2 nights at the One Africa Beachfront Lodge. The lodge had a very Afrocentric and Rasta themed design throughout the place. Each room was an individualy thatched roof hut named after outstanding people of color. My roommate M. Pilcher chose hut 6 named in honor of Queen Mother Moore. The place was clean and tidy...no air a nonworking fan but lots of breez http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Central/Elmina/blog-333696.html Motto of Ghana Forward Ever Backwards Never from Pres. Kwame Nkrumah 1st. Pres. of Ghana on March 6 1967THURSDAY Cape Coast Castle slave dungeons really passed through Swedish Danish and Dutch hands before falling to the Brits in 1664. While England never used the Castle for slave trade the castle was in fact a system of dungeons which also contained cells officers quarters and a chu http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-333618.html Greetings after several busy and moveabout days.TUES City of Kumasi Capital of the Ashanti RegionWe visited Manhyiah Plalace seat of the Ashanti Kingdom and the Kumasi Cultural lCentre. Our group heard a lot of tradition and history. In the Ashanti Regionl the Royal family bloodline is traced through the maternal uncle line. In the Akan speaking areas women are very powerful. The current http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Central/Cape-Coast/blog-332836.html Greetings from the Ashanti Region of Ghana.Monday After our breakfast I took several photos of the Adomi Bridge. Today we traveled 214 miles from Akosombo to Kumasi the Ashanti Region. We made one stop after the rest stop that was at an outdoor famerstype market where we purchased tomatoes and oranges. Upon our arrival in Kumasi we after 6 hours on the road enjoyed a late lunch at the J http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Ashanti/blog-331610.html Greetings It is fairly early on our first Sunday in Ghana. My group Private Collection is slowly gathering for breakfast and a firsthand view of the Volta River. We have traveled from the capital of Accra and am now in the Eastern Region in a city near the Volta Region Akosombo. Saturday We were invited by Hon. Peace Baku my former sisterinlaw to the Enstoolment of Osie A. Tekpor VII as t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Eastern/blog-330982.html Thursday Greetings from the Motherland My 12 member travel team identified as Private Collection arrived safely in Accra on Thursday at 740am. Immigration customs were uneventful although we carried donations of clothing shoes and school supplies for a local orphanage and Freeman Memorial Methodist Church students.Friday Yesterday was an exciting adventuresome informative day in Accra. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-330547.html