Ghana Team Journal

Quote of the day:

“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.” – Benjamin Mays

By: Gary Kennedy

We had to wake up without our local roosters. The Resort served a fabulous buffet breakfast, which was included with our stay. We paid our bills, loaded up around 9:00 A.M., then headed on our way to the Kakum National Park to spend a few hours north of Cape Coast.

We met with our tour guide at 10:30 A.M. He gave us some of the preliminaries as to what we would be doing on the Tour. He explained that the first part of the Tour would be more strenuous climb, and that a person could turn back if felt uncomfortable. Our team managed that part okay even though the humidity level was quite high. It had to be over 100%! Then our team was led to the seven suspended bridges held together with mesh sides and wood planked walkways. I cannot imagine how difficult it must have been 15 years ago to build these bridges high up over the tree terrain. The guide told me they have to repair or replace the mesh every six months. I doubt if Global Volunteers will be asked to help with the repairs.

Well, we all survived the tour and agreed to stop at the fast service restaurant at the visitors’ center. All six of us ordered simple sandwiches. As we sat for 1 hour, we noticed that other patrons, coming to the restaurants, were receiving their food orders before ours. Many attempts of talking with the waiters provided no results. Even our tour guide tried to help us; again, no results. So we walked out with only Arla receiving her “to-go” sandwich.

We loaded up the Van and enjoyed the long drive back to our St. James castle. On the way we were able to stop at an ATM in Accra and then at the nearby mall for various supplies to get us through the next 1-2 weeks. Our driver was good to us on the way back by providing air-conditioning.

Our 2-day holiday venture was over, but like the good ole U.S.A. it was good to get to our Ghana home.