Both Michaela and Danielle had their birthdays, the 17th and the 18th respectively.
We therefore had a birthday weekend!
Friday:
Danielle and I went into town and bought Michaela earrings from Francesca, the jewelry lady. Then we went to my house to pick up Michaela's surprise cake! My brother Anthony is a baker, and a good one at that. It smells great whenever he is baking since his shop is in our house across from my room. :) The cake was a currant/ rum/ vanilla cake with pink and white frosting. It was pretty and very tasty!!!!! The two of us then walked it to the castle restaurant (its at Cape Coast Castle) taking turns carrying it. We all then met: Kirsty, Michaela, Yasuko, Lauren, McKell, Danielle, and me. We all had dinner although we ate cake first and dinner second! And we all had rum and Fanta which were recommended to us, so we opted for a birthday experimental drink. They were actually really good, so we were amused. (Its approximately a shot of rum to 1/2 bottle of Fanta.)
Post dinner the Korye drumming and dancing group performed for us. They are the group that teaches us volunteers so it was fun since we knew people! They were all amazing. We were sitting outside facing the castle with the moon and the stars and the drummers and dancers. I cannot describe it justly, but it was awe inspiring.
We were all told to get on stage at one point which had to be funny for all the Ghanaians that were watching the white kids dance...
The whole performance was awesome and it was 2 hours long! None of us were sure how they were still able to move after that!
Saturday:
The group of us decided to spend the weekend at Abanze beach. (There is a resort there that is run by a Scottish women Kirsty knows.)
We took a Trotro to get there. Its a bus like van that fits about 19 people (3 on each bench with 1 more on a fold out seat and then 3 in the front. One guy drives and another takes the money, directs people where to sit, and where to get out. The trotro also stops randomly and you can buy food and drink from roadside venders that come to the car so that you have stuff on your ride. Its rather cool, a drive in with faster service and more random choices! It also only costs 60 peswas (45 cents US) for a 45 minute ride from Cape Coast to Abanze. Taking a taxi would be between 6 and 10 cedis (4 and 8 dollars US). So it saves money and you get to meet a bunch of people. It also helps the environment since you carpool with 18 other people!
The beach was gorgeous:
We went swimming as well since the area is safe (the sewage is not draining into the ocean like it is in Cape Coast).And this is my surrogate dog, Rajah:
We took some fun pics as well:
The following morning we all woke up at 5am and went beach combing. I found some awesome shells, and got soaked but it was great. We then spent the day reading and soaking up the sun!
We took another trotro home which was also fun since the money guy decided to fit extra people in and simply kept the door open and hung onto the outside while we drove. So dangerous but unlike the US traffic laws do not apply and the lines in the road a merely suggestions, which are normally not taken into consideration. However, all the driver have been at it for around 20 years and therefore know what they are doing. Driving is a fraternity and they simply throw hand signals out or honk a certain way and magically everything works without any accidents. I have yet to see one at all...
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