Thought of the day:
Try new things and reach for the stars.
Journal by: Sandy
What a great roommate I have! Pat has wonderful warmth, humor, and intelligence. We enjoy many of the same things, especially music. Today is also a festival marking the end of Ramadan. Schools, banks, clinics, etc. closed. We will visit the arts and crafts “village” and the Botanical Gardens. We will take a picnic lunch – PB & J sandwiches and fruit. Breakfast at 8 – eggs, cereal, toast, and fruit. Esther is off to Accra to meet Kathleen. Amo is ill. Millicent packed us bread, PBJ and watermelon and banana for our day. Mini-van took us at 9 AM to the arts and crafts center.
We went south then west into the mountains, passing large farms, many cemeteries, homes and villages. It was perceptively cooler! Spent 2 hours with “vendors” in the arts and crafts village. Left to go to Botanical Gardens (fee 5 cedi for adults), where we used the bathroom, made our lunches, ate and roamed the gardens. Quite interesting especially Cotton Trees. Many saprophytes growing in the trees, bromeliads and orchids. Lots of folks on holiday enjoying themselves. Met young workers from Poquase who know Dana Dakin – Women’s Initiative.
Left at 2:15 for Volta Hotel and Dam view. Arrived at Volta at 3 pm. Sat on the terrace of this lovely international hotel. Continental menu – great view of this the largest earth dam in the world. The Lake Volta is the largest man-made lake in the world. Home to St. James for 6:30 supper. Spoke with Liz re assignments: she suggests I chat with Esther about teaching.
Another wonderful day.
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