Nurit Basin: February 2011

Pics from Busua Beach and the Nzulezo Stilt Village

I love this beach, the sand feels like you're walking on chocolate. The beach was very clean and the water was perfect. I wasn't nearly as rouch as it was in Ada Foah.

Joseph, one of the local kids collaborated with me on one of my drawings in the sand. I also got him to draw random stuff.

That's Joseph...

I was really lucky to have a whole bucket of fish right behind me in a Tro. I believe I mentioned on another post how hot it gets inside, especially when it doesn't move.

Next day we went to visit the Nzulezo Stilt Village, I've never seen anything like it before. The whole village (450 population) is on water.

School Bell...

The house on the left is the guest house we stayed in.

This is the room we stayed in, covered in newspapers and no mosquito nets, so I drenched myself in bug repellent spray.

Scenery from the canoe ride to the village.

Aba-Vivian, she couldn't get enough of the camera and my sunglasses.

Saw some beautiful lilies on the canoe ride to the village.

This is the main street in the village.

Drinking Plam Wine, it was pretty good!

One of three classrooms in the village.

Just some local pics...

This is a Tro Tro....I'm still having fun riding it.

Inside a Tro, usually very hot, the door is attached by rope, it's not anything like the TTC. It's definitely more fun that's for sure:)

My house mates at Enigma a local bar across the street from us.

Local Chop bar I sometimes have lunch at before my afternoon session.

First Soccer Match

The Cantonments (red and white) is the soccer team I train. This was their first game of the season.

This was my first travelling trip on my second weekend. 21 of us (volunteers) drove 2 hours in a Tro to this beautiful place. There was a lake on one side and the ocean on the other side. The hut we stayed in just had a bed and a mosquito net.

Ada Foah Intro: Ada Foah is a town in Ghana, Greater Accra Region, at the seashore along the road from Ada Kasseh, just off the Accra-Aflao motorway. It is located along the Volta River and the Volta River Estuary with many islands and river arms and the Atlantic Ocean. Ada Foah is the capital of the Dangme East District and the seat of the District Assembly.

This was the hut I stayed in. Each door had a different country flag. They also had a Canadian door but someone got that before me.

My "starbucks" coffee...

Pics from James Town and Big "dollar store" market

This was a fun day, it was my first weekend in Ghana, so I stayed in the city and hang out with my house mates and other volunteers that were around. We visited James Town and a very busy market that sold items you'd see in a dollar store. So I called this market the Big Dollar Store Market.

Quick history on James Town: It originated as a community that emerged around the 17th century British James Fort on the Gulf of Guinea coast, and became a part of Accra as the city grew. A lighthouse, the Jamesfort Light, was built by the British at James Fort in 1871. Jamestown is now a fishing port populated primarily by the Ga, an indigenous people of coastal Ghana. It is also a tourist destination for those wishing to see the remnants of Accra's colonial past. The original lighthouse was replaced in the 1930s by the current Accra Light, which is 93 ft (28 m) tall with a visibility of 16 nautical miles (30 km).