Mountain Paradise

September 22nd - 26th

After the 4 days in Greater Accra gathering important information from Ghanaian Staff and current Volunteer "Trainers" about health, culture, and each other we went on what they call Vision Quest. This is where everyone goes for 5 days to visit a current Volunteer at their home.

I went to visit a science/math teacher in the Lower Volta region (Eastern part of the country, bordering Togo). The Tro driver went too fast and all the passengers were yelling at him! The small small village was in the mountains and there were lots of potholes that needed to be driven around.

After arriving and meeting the teacher we were ushered into a little shop to sit with a man who was called Captain. He insisted that he would liberate the Voltanians from Ghana and Togo and become an independent. He says they are originally German. He also knew a lot about Chicago and repeated his story 4 times.

The teacher's home was nice but very remote. It is a 30 minute climb from the village and Mountain Paradise, a beautiful lodge for tourists who want a nice hike. We went up there for a great hike where we saw a big huge waterfall and used a rope to climb through parts of the trail. It was so serious that I thought I was going to faint, but I didn't.

The place she lived reminded me very much of the South of France. There was a cool breeze, an amazing Mountain View and lots of goats running around. Cute baby ones too.

I have heard that she has one of the best locations in all of Ghana. We did not have much in common on a personal level and she had gotten a little bitter about cultural differences but it was beautiful and now I know about the dark side.