Thursday, December 18, 2008

Spain and Ghana

So I got back from Spain last week, a week earlier than planned due to the Ghana High Commission, having an 'oversight' and forgetting to sign my visa!!!! Ergh!
Well Spain was great, lots of relaxing, sleeping, walking about and just general mooching.
I went to the Contemporary Art Museum where there was there were dancing robots!



In the evening in the centre there were always lots of street performers including these drummers who so reminded me of Brazil!

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The weather was pretty cold all of the time and it did rain a bit, there were a couple of nice days though.

One of the nice days


This also gave Ruben the chance to show off his skills.



There were some beautiful sunsets though!





So my next adventure is GHANA!!! I took my 1st malaria table yesterday which means it is 3 weeks until I go!! I can't believe it. I am so excited and can't wait to find out what my placement will be!

I will be travelling for 2 weeks afterwards and these are my tentative plans.....



I will be staying in Hohoe until February 20th, then travel back to Accra.
Then down to Cape Coast for a few days and visiting Kakum National Park.

Then up to Kumasi for a few days,, then its about a 7 hours bus ride to Tamale. Then another 5ish hours to Mole National Park. Then travelling one the bus for 13 hours back to Accra to come back to the UK!!!

Of course this is all completely subject to change once I arrive in Ghana, as I will be there volunteering for 6 weeks, so I may visit some of those places at the weekends but I know I definitely want to visit those places anyway!