Wednesday 21st October
After another delicious breakfast of egg and toast, we set off for the school. On arrival, we realised that a service that they hold every Wednesday was taking place. This involved singing, drumming, praying and in the end, we even began to dance with them. After this service, we joined our buddies in their maths lesson. Despite being taught in a different environment, we were surprised how similar it was to our lessons and they even did very similar topics.
After an hour of drawing frequency tables and graphs, it was time to briefly return to the guest house before we went to Kakum National Park. The journey to Kakum was long and bumpy but luckily there was air conditioning in the bus. At Kakum we began by reading a few information boards before we took the small trek up to the rainforest. When we reached the top we were hot, however everyone was really excited about going on the canopy walk. From the rope bridges we had an amazing view of the surrounding landscape and everyone took plenty of pictures!
On the journey back to the gift shop, we stopped to try some fresh coconut. Some people also bought a cocoa bean, which we were surprised tasted so good despite slightly resembling a brain. We continued to the gift shops which were filled with a huge range of items, from masks to dresses and even sling shots. Soon after it started to rain and so we all gathered back onto the bus and headed back to the Guest house. On the way we stopped off at a cocoa farm, and we all learned a lot. We were told about the cocoa beans as well as this particular man’s farm, which he had inherited from his father. We finished the day by returning to the guesthouse and having another delicious meal.
Overall, many of us experienced things that we never had before today. We all enjoyed it and can’t wait for tomorrow.