This tour, which ran through the whole country, was actually planned for the end of December. Because the elections are permanent appointments come between them and so I went with Ben (another volunteer) until the end of January. What we have seen in the two weeks of our trip, I would like to tell you here:
Accra to Hohoe
The day before we left I was still testing for malaria, there a few signs pointing to it. The result should I learn the next day by 10 clock. Since I am the next morning but got better, I have provide the phone number can be to learn the result by telephone. We left early as shortly after 7 clock to Accra. Until we arrived at the center of Accra, the morning traffic jam had already laid down and we are relatively quickly arrived at the bus station, from which you can get a bus to our next destination, Hohoe. Hohoe is in the east of Ghana in the Volta Region. Sadly, the bus from the first clock to 16, so we had to wait another 5 hours. Fortunately, malaria had my suspicions were not confirmed and we strolled into the waiting time on the nearby Makolamarkt.
The bus was equipped quite well, had air conditioning and front a TV. Unfortunately, no Western Movies playing, but the terrible Nigerian movies with the constant screaming. I had an MP3 player and a book with which I could distract myself well. Because at the time of the trip dry season there was, you could see the left and right on the trails often burning fire. Sometimes whole areas consisted only of black earth. Now and then there was fire directly at the roadside when driving past it was on the bus for a moment, very warm. Every few miles, it seemed to me that there was a police check. Since the Volta Region on the neighboring country borders Togo, the controls are tighter here. After several intermediate stops in the evening we arrived at last in Hohoe. The hotel, which we had picked out the guidebook, was fully booked and so we had to look for a another.
The next day we are further from Hohoe in a small place called Wli, where there is the biggest waterfall and the highest mountain in Ghana found. Other volunteers have recommended a particular hotel, because the owners were there, very nice. That was no exaggeration, because the hotel (Wli Water Heights) had the nicest meals I've seen so far in Ghana and it was not to expensive. On the same day we hiked to the falls. At the beginning of the trail we had the first of the great booths with works in wood tear. Since we were just beginning our journey, could / would we buy anything. The more we are the waterfall approached, the air was always clear and dust free. In the dry season, namely from the north, Ghana is plagued with a dusty desert wind (harmattan) from the Sahara. The route took us several times over a small stream and we had to cross a total of five small bridges. Arriving at the waterfall we were surprised that so many tourists were there while we were on the way there, no one has encountered. The waterfall was high, I had presented him to me but bigger. Amazingly were rather the countless bats that were flying around the cliffs alongside the waterfall. There were hundreds determined. After a while we had cooled down the waterfall, we have again has begun the return journey on which we have one U.S. Americans. He had a wife and children, was used alone to Ghana and is unhergereist for two weeks. Such people you meet in Ghana more often. In the evening we have something put on the terrace in front of our hotel room and watched a nearby forest fire threatening. The forest had burned since the beginning of the day and until late at night.
The next morning we wanted to go by bike to the nearby mountain Afajato. Unfortunately, we had 10 minutes before going on wanted an employee of the hotel, one of the two existing bicycles is prohibited. The owner was so nice and made us went there by car. Arriving at the foot of the mountain, advised us in the company climb, so we took a tour guide. The trail was quite steep, so we have covered in a short time, a lot of altitude. In an hour we were already at the level of the summit. There was a recently arrived migrant group of Ghanaians. They were in very good spirits and they have carried so their jokes with us. Of the surrounding landscape is unfortunately seen little since the air from the harmattan (desert wind) was so dusty.
the way back down, we have logically quickly put behind us, but he was no less stressful, because it is common almost slipped. For the way back to the hotel we had to go to the next village to us to take a Trotro. On the path there, we passed a cemetery. This was the first Ghanaian cemetery, which I have seen. I think it was a special one, since the graves were decorated even with large angel statues. The next day we had
the beautiful hotel, unfortunately, leave, because our next destination, the Volta Lake, was waiting for us. On dusty roads that were made of red sand, then went on to Akosombo.
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PICTURES OF ACCRA TO HOHO (<---Klick mich)
PICTURES OF WATERFALL
PICTURES OF MOUNTAIN AFAJATO
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