Akwaaba! I'm Padma Mana, and I visited Ghana this summer on the Ghana: Discovering the Truth about Africa's Past Program. The program studied the Slave Trade and contemporary West African society, but I got this and so much more out of the experience. An African Proverb states that "She who learns, teaches." Of course, nothing can supplement the learning experience of traveling abroad, but hopefully you can glean a shadow of the perceptions I perceived while in Ghana from my accounts below. Thankyou, or as Ghanaians would say, Medaasi!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Day 3: The Day of Driving

So today we hauled it from the Southern tip of Ghana (Accra is on the Southern coastline) all the way up to Molè National Park in the NorthWest corner. The scenery was beautiful to say the least, and despite 15 hours on the bus, I enjoyed the mountains, plains, crops, trees, and lush greenery.
  We got a flat tire shortly after lunch! But our bus driver had a spare in the back of the bus and changed it in about 15 minutes. And that was it, we were on our way.
  The roads were fine except the very last stretch we had to cross... it was two hours straight of a dirt road filled with washed out potholes. We passed a village where I saw a long black snake slither into the brush!
  Other than the extremely long drive, today was actually really enjoyable. Our group really got into Hiplife, the newer style of Ghanaian music, and it was a fun time pass.
   Tomorrow we have a hike and a mosque planned! That should be fun.

Medasi,
Padma
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Location: Mole National Park, Kakuma 00233, Ghana

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