Day 50 - Accra

We woke up at 5:30 in the morning, basically as soon as the first rooster woke up.  We had a quick breakfast and piled into a van with all of our stuff.  We drove along the bumpy dirt road for about half an hour before reaching pavement.  We stopped in the town of Tafo, where BD and Kofi lived.  We met BD’s beautiful wife, who came out with their 1-year-old daughter.  We cooed at the baby, so his wife passed her to us through the window, just like a bag of water.  We passed the baby around, then gave her back through the window.

Next we stopped by Kofi’s house, which was a modest building like any other.  But inside, there was a large U-couch and a TV and many other electronics.  It was amazing that all of this was readily available not half an hour from the village we were staying at.

BD and Kofi took us all the way to Accra, where they took us to a tourist market.  (This was a 4-hour drive away.)  The vendors at this market were not quite as in-your-face as the ones I met on the first day, but they were still pretty aggressive.  We spent a short time here, then back in the van.  They continued to escort us all the way back to Tema.  We pooled our money and bought some finger bananas through the window along the way.  I’m really growing fond of this system!  Back at the port, we said our sad goodbyes and promised not to forget each other.