On Saturday a group of six of us went to Ada Foah, my favourite spot in Ghana with the exception of Mole National Park. We stayed overnight at a beautiful spot on a spit of sand separating the Volta river from the sea. Initially we tried to drive along the beach all the way there, but became stuck in the sand. So we had to climb out and dig ourselves free while a small group of Ghanaian men and teenage boys watched, to our irritation, without lifting a finger. When we asked them if they’d mind lending a hand they asked how much we’d be paying them. After a while, a sizeable crowd developed and a few older women and young kids gladly jumped in and helped us dig and push. I thought seeing their grandmothers pushing a car out of the sand might shame the guys into taking over, but I thought wrong.
All in all the experience reminded me a lot of digging cars out of snow in the winter, except that this effort took place on a beautiful beach in over 30 degree heat.
Afterwards we parked the cars and took a boat over to our accommodation, which is the way less adventurous and wiser people generally get there. It was great to be out on the water taking in the beautiful scenery. This was something I’d done before actually, during my first week in Ghana with Kathy and Keith.
The place we stayed was great, with clean fresh water for swimming on the estuary side and violent surf on the other. We even saw a mother turtle burrowing in the sand during the night.
waoo! I love it.it so beautiful.well done.
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