First weekend at the coast

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After our first week in the hospital.. we jumped ship Friday afternoon and took a bus to Cape Coast. The beach itself left something to be desired (areas looked more like a garbage heap than a beach) but we ate great (cheap!) seafood and met some lovely traveling Australians. Tour of the Cape Coast Castle was eye-opening... it was the largest slave-trading center in West Africa. I don't think that a museum has emotionally affected me that strongly since the first time I went through the Holocaust museum. We also visited Kakum National forest (not known for spotting big game like elephants, etc- but full of reptiles and butterflies), where I was able to convince Kevin to walk along the 120ft high canopy walkway. 😊 He is deathly afraid of heights but pulled it off without a hitch!

Finally have some pics downloaded...

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Photos

First days at hospital

First days at hospital

First days at hospital
Waiting Room for OB Clinic

First days at hospital
Medical school

Home
The Deans Guesthouse

Home
Joe.. our new friend and one of the managers of the guesthouse

Cape Coast
Kids on the beach

Cape Coast
Fishermen

Cape Coast
Cape Coast Castle

Cape Coast
Slave dungeon- you can see marks on the ground where captured slaves tried to resist being forced in.

Cape Coast
View of town upon exiting from the "Door of no return". (Exit from dungeon to slave ships preparing for journey across the Atlantic)

Kakum National Forest
Brave Kevin on the Canopy Walkway (he is not a big fan of heights!)

Kakum National Forest
More Views from canopy

Kakum National Forest
Kevin's well-deserved beer after leaving Kakum

Home
Back in Accra- Mel enjoying Banku

Comments

[Krishna]

Nice pictures
So I take it internet connections are reasonably fast there? I like the pics. The canopy walk looks pretty freaky, though. I'd be afraid to look down, but I bet that's sort of the point, huh?