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Published: December 1st 2017
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Durant ces dernières semaines la charge de travail a été bien plus faible que d'habitude, la faute au paludisme qui a mis a plat un de nos hôtes. Comme nous nous sentions bien seul sur ce chantier vide nous en avons profité pour nous balader dans les alentours.
Nous avons tenté une petite excursion vers la ville de Princess Town pour visiter son fort allemand (puis néerlandais et enfin anglais). les infos détaillées sur Wikipedia sont meilleures que le résumé que nous pourrions vous faire mais globalement il s'agissait d'or et d'esclaves...
Mais la vraie histoire c'est surtout le transport, 1h30 de 'trotro' blindé (le jeu de mots n'est pas fait exprès) après avoir attendu 1h à la station de départ. Puis arrivé sur place une demi-heure pour faire le tour (avec un guide présse qui demande 10 cedis) parce qu'on avait oublié que c'était dimanche. Mais on ne se fera plus avoir.
Notre deuxième balade est autour de Busua accessible à pied alors nous avons décidé d'y aller tôt en fin d'aprem... après une demi-heure de marche on arrive en haut d'une colline avec une vue magnifique et une petite maison en ruine. Finalement la ruine n'est pas abandonnée et
un personnage sort et se présente comme le guide vers le fort de Butre. Il nous annonce 5 minutes de marche mais après un quart d'heure et une petite pause pour récupérer son tronc d'arbre (porté sur la tête bien évidemment) nous n'y sommes toujours pas. Une fois arrivé au village on aperçoit une ruine au milieu d'une foret de palmier. À peine le temps de voir le village avec son pont en bois et grands 'canoes' de pêche, il faut déjà repartir pour réussir à rentrer avant la nuit (18h au Ghana). Mais on ne se fera plus avoir.
Malaria struck one of our hosts last week so the building was empty most of the time. We decided to make the most of our free time to discover some of the neighbouring towns.
We first attempted a trip to Princess Town to visit the old german-built fort (then taken over by the Dutch and later the British). Wikipedia has more detailled information but basically it was all about gold and slaves.. But the real story for us that day was the transport, an hour and a half in a jam-packed 'trotro' (a minibus they manage to squash up
to 20 people into) after having waited over an hour at the station because it only leaves once full. Then on arrival we found out that we only had 30 minutes for a quick tour of the fort (with a hurried guide who charged 10ghs each) because on Sundays the trotros stop early. At least we know now, we won't get caught again.
Our second trip was to the village east of Busua, we were told it was a fairly short walk so we left mid afternoon...half an hour later we'd arrived at the top of a hill with a gorgeous view of the beach and a derelict house. We heard some noise and then surprisingly a man appeared from the house and introduced himself as the guide to Butre. He announced a 5 minute stroll but after 15 minutes and a short break to pick up his tree trunk (which he then carried on his head of course) we still couldn't see the small fishing town. Once arrived we could spot an old fort in ruins on the hill amidst a forest of palm trees but we headed on towards the water. We barely had time to see the
wooden bridge and big wooden fishing canoes before having to turn around and head home as the sun was starting to set (6pm here). Next time we'll remember that, we won't get caught again.
Our most recent adventure was this past weekend when we headed to Axim and then Nzulenzu. After wandering around Axim on Friday visiting it's fort (Portuguese built this time and taken again by the Dutch and then the British) and a night in a mosquito ridden room in Beyin we were up early this time (6:30 departure) for our trip to the village on stilts. Another 'guide' took us on the 45 minute canoe trip to the very remote Nzulenzu. Our visit which was ending with the obligatory meeting with the 'chief' took an unexpected turn when we came across Samson, a carpenter who's working on the lodge with us. It was really lovely to see him and to meet his family, it made our day !
We're back at work again this week and life's pretty good here on the beach in Busua so our next trips to new places will probably be at the end of our trip, on the way back to Accra
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