Friday 29th
Today team 6 left for our Ghana adventure. After a short (yet very noisy) mini bus ride, we arrived at terminal 5, Heathrow. Energy was high and everyone was extremely excited (especially Row who had never flown before). Having finished a BLT and laughing uncontrollably for a good hour, we caught the plane to Madrid. The laughing continued throughout the long, exciting journey (mainly down to the legend that is King Kev). Maybe it paused when we saw lightning whilst flying over the Sahara…
Coming into land in Accra, we were all astonished by the beauty of the city in the dark. IT WAS AMAZING.
We then took a short drive in the melting heat to a hostel called Kokomlemle. Dinner was ridiculously yummy. We finally settled down into our rooms to rest for the next day of adventures.
Saturday 30th:
Today was an early start! We left off at just after 8 and entered the hustle and bustle of Ghana. Making a quick stop for breakfast (which was delicious) we were ready for the busy day ahead. On our way to Dwabor we stopped off at colourful markets and another school to familiarise ourselves with our new home. Shopping done, we began the final leg to Dwabor. Driving in convoy with Isaac in front, we finally arrived, swarmed with children and smiles, we got to know our new friends (that we automatically made and seemed like hundreds). The rest of the day was spent with our buddies guiding us around the town which was an eye-opener and humbling experience. I am going to end this entry now as I am very sleepy. ‘Red Red’ and a shower Ghana style was the perfect way to end a perfect day.
Sunday 31st:
The mosque woke us up pretty early. We all thought we could rest that morning but the village did not agree. After eating a lovely breakfast of French toast we made our way into the village for our welcoming ceremony, we all spoke about our trip and met the elders of the town. After this we all split up and went to different churches, we all experienced something very different to the UK. Later on we left with our buddies to Elmina castle where we learnt a lot about Ghana’s history, a very hot team then jumped in the sea with some kids who had never seen it before. This was incredible. A hot and very wet bus ride home meant some very exhausted children. So we ate some dinner and planned on going to bed but the children came up from the village to teach us some Fante and traditional dance and we did not want to miss our on that opportunity. We watched the stars and learnt a lot more about Dwabor. We finally made our way to our mosi nets after the drama of Mrs Warnock throwing a lizard into the long drop!