Monday, we loaded up in a friend's car at 8am.
This particular friend actually runs on normal time instead of Ghana "time". It's actually funny, because he gets aggravated at his fellow countrymen for their excuses at being late all the time:) We were headed for our bordering Country of Togo. The wonderful surprise came when we spotted the ocean. I could hardly believe our good fortune. Since none of us knew where we were crossing the border we didn't know it was going to be along the coast. Unlike some of Ghana's coast, this was beautiful sand beaches. We got to drive along it for an hour or so, enjoying the cooler breeze and the wonder of God's handiwork. One neat thing I liked was the small fishing canoe-boats that were pulled up on the beach. Seeing teems of fishermen and woman heaving up huge nets, really made me think of Jesus' disciples.... And I was awed that anyone would want to go to sea on such small crafts.
Going through the border was relatively easy, but did take about 2 hours on the way in. We thankfully had Godwin along, plus some other friends we picked up at the border to help us communicate to these French speaking Togoins :) Liz and I were kept busy watching the children, who weren't quite as patient as us older ones. We walked through the border, so I got to watch the streams of humanity that pass there everyday. We were funneled through a board walk, resembling a cattle shoot... and to my amazement some of the officers acted like they were directing cattle. Not really to us, but they would hit, shove and yell in order to KEEP their authority. What really was amazing was that a lot of people would go away smiling even after being shoved rudely. It was also funny to watch some of the women try to "sweet" talk the old man guard.
We boarded a taxi which took us to a really nice hotel restaurant where we ate lunch. The pictures are from there.Right up the hill from the ocean, we almost thought we were in the Bahama's:) Of course we paid the price too... almost not having enough money exchanged to eat a good lunch:) After eating, I was really eager to get my feet in the water, I wasn't disappointed either. Since the water was clean and refreshing!! Feeling like a little girl, I ran along the beach, collected shells, and generally just LOVED it! You've all been to the beach... you know what I mean:)
Serenity Belle
