Today was our last day on the ocean. Tomorrow I'm going to the center of the country, we want to spend two - three days on Lake Bosumtwi, and later see the second-largest city in Ghana - Kumasi. Of course, the same city as the city - lives where 1.5 million people, so the more you can expect to what in all large cities in Africa: smog, crowds, the bazaar rozlewajacego over the whole city ... However, Kumasi is a hub of culture ghanijskiej - in nearby villages, in which up to today are produced in the traditional way fabrics, jewelry, items made of wood, while in the Kumasi is the bazaar, on which all these things you can buy (provided that he knows where to look, we do not know yet, but we have a bearing on someone who knows:)).
Today we took a day around Cape Coast - Kakum National Park, we visited and yet another castle built by Portugal in the days of colonialism in Elminie. Well, Kakum Park advertises a large number of animals (elephants, monkeys, antelopes, geckos) and a trip on the bridges built with lianas hanging from 1930 to 1940 meters above the rain forest, the trees. While just walking on the bridges (bujalo!) turned out to be quite a good dose of adrenaline and fun, it's beyond any ants are not animals we were able to see (though somehow I'm not surprised, because the rain forest is very bushy, so and so anything walking the counter is unlikely to be able to see). I like the rain forest - it is very green, succulent vegetation and abundant (both hull and tall trees - up to 50 meters), and with suffocating humidity and immediately after the entrance to it is instantly sweaty August. Sheathing is so dense that you can see all of a sudden for a few meters which makes it gives an air of mystery and cut off from the world ...
Eliminie huge castle - is impressive. At first he was just a fortress in which you stored and from which gold was exported to Portugal (Portuguese Guinea after discovering they had no idea of \u200b\u200bslavery, and wanted to buy a lot of cheap gold, because they thought that it is here in the beard). Later, when he began to operate a commercial triangle (It seems that since the seventeenth century), and they began to export slaves to America, he became another base from which you loaded them on ships. Unfortunately, the castle itself is very shabby, but that in general the remains of the heritage here associated with colonialism (After the fall of the colony rather, everything was destroyed in retaliation), and so much.
In the afternoon we went to the bio-lunch (yes, Africa is also bio, and what you think!) Baobab restaurant, run by a German foundation, which educates children in rural areas and maintained their vocational training (customer service, basic marketing, cooking, cleaning), already in the restaurant and a nearby store with self-made products. As I wrote today
we last day at the ocean, we say goodbye to a misunderstood here M, which on Monday is going to Tanzania. So getting ready mile drinks and rather longer than shorter evening:)
This text writes from an Internet cafe, which I was already three times previously. And always something going on so that at least half of the hall by mail with a proposal to provide them with some amount of money that multiplying (you know for sure with their own e-mail), or sit on dating sites like Gay Romeo and looking for her sugar daddy in Europe . Sad, and also shows for me in the helplessness of these people earning opportunities throughout their country, on the other hand is a sign of how strong is their need to break out the 'better world' and possession, which surely wound up European culture.
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