This weekend has been great but also tiring and frustrating. We travelled to korforidia on the Wednesday night (which I think I have written about) where we dined in a fantastic 5 star hotel (the food wasn't 5 star but it was western), travelled to the boti falls and visited the bead market before a massive storm set in and we took shelter in a near by spot bar. This was great fun, and allowed us to try both the local gin and local cuisine, fufu and banko. Both of which were pretty horrible, gooey yam mashed to a pulp then either fermented (banko) and drowned in a spicy soup. Although fufu was slightly better (not fermented and nicer sauce) it was still pretty horrid.
Once the storm had died down we headed to Ho. Another nice town which thankfully offered up the traditional rice and chicken. Unfortunately we didn't have a great amount of luck in our excursions out of Ho. First we went to a national park which the guide book promised us had water buffalo and cobs but by the time apparently it was too hot and all the animals were hiding from it. We saw what the guide says was a cob in the distance, but it was really disappointing, especially as we were told there would have been hundreds of them milling around a couple of hours earlier. We then tried to get to xofe ecovillage. But when we got there we were told that it had shut down! Nice one guide book! All in all a poor day.
Next we headed to Ho-hoe and from there the agamatsu falls. These were spectacular. There were several different falls which cascades down from the hill which lies right on the togalese border. We trekked up to the top falls and went for a swim under the falls. It was a terrific day. Unfortunately it was so good we spent a bit too long there because we had to head back over the volta lake (the largest man made lake in the world) but by the time we got there it was too late and all the boats had stopped. Still we thought that's ok we can stay here and just head back early tomorrow. Little did we know when we got up the next day that there was in fact only one ferry that day and it wasn't until half 1! So we waited and turned up really early and were first on the boat. All going well so far (ish). When we got to the other side, because we were the first on, we were the last off. So by the time we got off the boat the one bus which was waiting for ppl was full and leaving. We thought that's ok another will turn up soon so we waited. And we waited. And we waited. Finally the same bus turned up again but it was clear this was the last bus of the day and we stopped for everyone! It was so slow that by the time we got to the next change point, donkorkrom, it was getting dark and was increasingly clear we weren't going to make it back tonight. So we stayed in donkorkrom and thankfully the next day we are now home. What a nightmare of a journey. Still Mr tiddei who organises our community placements seems to be fine with us not being back. It was v embarrassing though.
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