Western Region

After Togo, Sammy and I headed to the Western Region in Ghana. As far as beautiful beaches and relaxing, this is definitely my favorite place in Ghana. Hard to say because each region is fun for different reasons. It took forever to get there because the trotro sat at the station for at least 3 hours before leaving. We finally got to Busua at around 6 PM, ate dinner and went to sleep. We stayed at the Alaska Beach Club- kinda funny. A geologist who has lived and worked in both Anchorage and Juneau (worked at the AJ mine on Douglas) is now living in Ghana after coming back and fourth between here and the states for many years. He and his wife own these huts and restaurant beside a beautiful beach. His wife is very friendly and looks to be at least 35 years younger than he is. He was telling me how happy she was to become a US citizen, makes you wonder.... nice people regardless. There were several monkeys running around the place as well- apparently one girl got bit and had to get about 6 shots for rabies, yikes! We visited the stilt village of Nzulezu- a settlement of about 450 people that live entirely on stilts over a lagoon. We started in the village of Beyin and then canoed for about an hour to reach the stilt village. The people originally fled from Mali, where there was civil conflict and settled here over the water because a religious belief banned the enemies from entering the water. Tried to stay in Axim that evening but got there and was told that every room at every hotel was booked due by the men drilling for oil. I thought it was a little strange. Headed back to the Alaska Beach Club and hung out on the beach the next day. Working on my suntan:)