We left the afternoon of Friday the 30th of March for the Western Region of Ghana. There are ten regions in Ghana, and after this weekend I’ve been to six of them. I am hoping to make it to as many as I can before I leave. It was a great weekend! We took a bus from Kaneshie station to Takoradi, another larger city just past Cape Coast. We took a Metro Mass bus, and it was actually pretty comfortable—a lot better than the trotros. It took us five hours to make it to Takoradi. We got there fairly late at night, and got pizza from a restaurant right next to the hotel we were staying in. It was amazing pizza. We got really lucky. The hotel room was really small, and was only suppose to sleep two people—there was five of us. Four of us slept on the bed, and Lisa, the champ that she is, took the floor. The next morning we got up early and had breakfast. I had the best egg sandwich ever. It was on really good bread and was loaded with veggies. It’s making my mouth water just thinking about it. After breakfast I bought our bus tickets to get us home on Sunday before we left for the small village of Butre. It took us about an hour to get to Butre. We had to take a trotro from Takoradi to Agona, and then a trotro from Agona to Butre. Butre was beautiful. It is located right on the beach. We hike up a bluff to see Fort Batenstein, that is located there. It was a beautiful view of the sea. I took so many pictures.
After we enjoyed the view for a little while, we decide to make our way to Busua, another village located along the beach. There was a foot path leading between them that we took. It was gorgeous and was only about an hour walk. It led to the beach and we walked along the beach for a little while until we made it to Busua. We had lunch in Busua. I had the best burrito ever. They made the tortilla shell fresh and it was filled with rice, beans, tomatoes, and avocados.
After lunch we took the foot path to Dixcove. It was a much short walk- only about fifteen minutes, but it was just as beautiful. In Dixcove is Fort Metal Cross. We walked around the outside. The view of the sea was nice, but not as beautiful as it was in Butre. Dixcove is also more populated, and when there is more people there is more trash.
After Dixcove we got a taxi to take us to the Green Turtle Lodge. We made it there a lot earlier than we thought we would and had time to relax on the beach. We had dinner by latern, because there was no electricity at this resort. The small room we stayed in didn’t have a fan and we had to sleep on the floor. But we were able to listen to the ocean all night long.
The next morning we woke up early and did a canoe trip through a local lagoon. We walked along the beach to the next town called Akwidda. There we found a tour guide that took us through the Mangrove Swamps in the canoe. It was wonderful. The mangrove trees that grow through the lagoon were really interesting. They grow their roots from the top, they look like branches reaching down.
After our canoe trip we made our way back to Takoradi to catch our bus back to Accra. It was a wonderful weekend and I can’t believe we did so much in so little time.
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