This weekend was one of the most beautiful weekends of my time here. With little sleep the home stay group boarded the bus at seven am on Saturday and headed to the Volta Region. After a four hour bus ride, during which we bought bread and other snacks from people at the side of the road and headed deeper and deeper into what can truly be called a jungle, we arrived at the Monkey sanctuary. There we got out stretched our legs and FED MONKEYS! They were very little monkeys with long tails called Mona monkeys and very entertaining (pictures will come.) After the monkeys we went to the hotel for lunch and then headed to this amazing waterfall. We had to cross 9 bridges that crossed a twisty rainforesty river. Upon arrival at the waterfall pictures were taken and swimming soon after. Don't worry I have photos. The next day we went for a hike, yes a real honest to God hike. We hiked up the tallest mountain in Ghana. The mountain is called Afadjato (pronouced like it is spelled) located in the northern portion of the Volta Region near a town called Hohoe (pronounced Hohoi.) It takes 45 minutes to climb/hike this mountain, whose peak reaches 2,900 ft. (Let's compare that to Mount Saint Helens, whose new peak reaches 8,365 ft.)
Mom, you thought that the hike that we did with Breezy where he decided not to go any further was strait up and down, just wait for the pictures of this place-we were climbing stairs with hands and feet.
It was a beautiful weekend of nature, villages, distilled palm wine, and cute cute animals.
well now I am back in the city and in too many dance productions! More updates soon!
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