Quote of the day: life delights in life. –William Blake
Journal by: Janine
What a day!!!! We started with our usual breakfast! Then at 8am a taxi showed up. It was taking us on our first weekend journey! After about an hour and 45-minute drive we pulled up to a monkey sanctuary! That’s right monkeys!!! After a walk through the forest, dodging puddles and mud, no monkeys were seen. We were feeling a little sad we didn’t see any. But our guide Gladys was going to find us some. After a short break on a bench, we were told the monkeys were close by. So we hurried up and walked back in to the forest. Low and behold Monkeys! Gladys took out a banana and some monkeys jumped down from the trees and ate it out of her hand! Then while she passed Janine a banana, a monkey had jumped on Ricks back while he was filming. Watching the video he took is very funny! We shared holding bananas and watching the monkeys jump on our arms and eat them. We then just stood and watched them play in the trees, jumping and climbing up and down the branches. It was a great time. After we walked back to our taxi and then headed off to our next stop, Wli Falls! We were going to see the tallest waterfall in West Africa! Following a drive on a very bumpy road, we landed at our destination. Rick and I ate our lunch then we headed out on our hike. During the hike we found out our guide was a farmer named Gilbert, but he went by Happy. We shared our stories about our lives as well as he told us about the different plants and trees along the way. He explained how coffee was made, Rick and I thought it was very interesting. About 45 minutes later we seen it, right in front of us was Wli Falls. What a sight! Words cannot explain how amazing it really is. Absolutely beautiful.
After the hike and long taxi ride back, we arrived back to Senchi Ferry, where Rick didn’t sleep and Janine slept too much!
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