Life is Good in Ada

Ghana is such a beautiful country, I am eager to explore more. This past weekend we headed to Ada, the city where the Volta River meets the ocean. It’s located about 2 hours east of Tema, at least by tro-tro. In order to access our destination resort, we had to take a boat on the Volta. There were plenty of Obrunis to be seen upon arrival. It seems we all have the same idea: work/volunteer all week in the big cities, then head in any which direction away from those cities to enjoy the lush scenery that Ghana has to offer. We pulled up onto the sand and met with the keeper of the resort. She showed us to our hut.

We spent the day in the sun, and retreated for shade when needed. We laid out on the Volta River side of the beach, as opposed to the ocean. Unfortunately environmental regulations are not well developed here, which leads to a lot of pollution in the ocean. (Although, I guess back home we too are having our own struggles in the Gulf.) Nevertheless, we enjoyed our time in the sun. Katie and I were both pretty excited to sport our new Chelsea and Man U beach towels (football clubs). We caught the sunset at about 5:30pm. We were all amazed at the gorgeousness of this place.

After sunset we drank some beers, and enjoyed a bonfire. The boys caught some crabs then threw them on the fire -a tasty late-night snack. Before heading to bed, I hopped into a hammock and laid under a palm tree, looking up at the stars. Great choice. I’ve actually never seen so many stars all at once. I felt lucky, blessed to be there. I was feeling a bit homesick this weekend, so it was nice to be outside, looking up, and thinking about all my family and friends back home. I stayed out on the hammock as long as possible, unable to pull myself away from stargazing and searching through memories from home. I finally put myself to bed in our hut, although I considered sleeping outside. Once the Rastafarian man, who had been rastafarying all day long, had finally decided to shut off his blaring music that he and only he was dancing to, we were able to fall asleep to the waves. It sounds like a dream. I did come back with souvenir bed bug bites, so not 100% perfect, but picturesque for sure.

We enjoyed breakfast by the beach (banana pancakes wit sugar on top!!) and then took our boat ride back to land, back to the tro-tro. Such a great weekend! Ghana is beautiful and life is good.