April 20th

This past weekend was our last trip with our program. We went to the Volta Region in the eastern part of Ghana, it was so beautiful and quite. We went to Wli Waterfalls and were able to swim, we had to hike for about 45 minutes through a rainforest, it was so quite and beautiful. On Sunday we went to a monkey sanctuary and went on another short hike through the forest to see the monkeys. I fed a banana to a monkey right out of my hand! It was my favorite trip with our program because we were able to be in the wilderness and not in a tourist area where everyone wants us to buy something. We stayed at a hotel on Saturday night, the same hotel the President of Ghana, Atta Mills, stayed at! We saw him from a distance. We have now stayed at the same hotel as the president and the Black Stars (the football team), it was very exciting!
When we travel long distances we always stop for bathroom breaks, some in nicer places than others. The last trip we paid 10 peswas (cents) to use the bathroom, it had running water, toilet paper and soap - very fancy! On other trips we usually just pull over on the side of the road. One of most memorable (not in a good way!) bathroom stops was on our way to see elephants. We stopped at a gas station and followed the other girls to the restroom - a whole in the ground with two pieces of wood for your feet - it was interesting to say the least.
On Wednesday a few of us will be traveling to the Nzuelzu stilt village and stop at another slave castle on the way. We were supposed to go to the stilt village a few weeks ago but were not able to go.