Boti Falls

Fortunately, I have found an internet cafe with a better connection rate. It's closer to the office and slightly cheaper - half a Ghana cedi an hour - about 25 pence.

At the weekend, Tom another short term volunteer, who Krishma had met when she arrived, came to stay from Accra. He is working with a national agency that deals in micro credit for small businesses and was fortunate to get a lift to Koforidua via the agencies local office. We had a meal out on Friday. The biggest difference to a British restaurant was that it closed at 8:30. By 8:50 when we left all the staff were watching us.

On Saturday, Krishma had arranged use of one of placement's cars and drivers. We were joined by Dan another of the local VSOs and were driven to Boti Falls, the local tourist attraction. We took up the offer of a guide on arrival and walked for three hours through the local jungly vegetation. Half way around we stopped to admire the views from Umbrella Rock and buy coconuts from a conveniently placed seller. The walk ended at the falls. The rain we have had over the last few weeks meant the falls were an impressive sight and I find it hard to imagine they could be any better.

Tomorrow I shall be going to Accra by tro-tro for a two day VSO meeting on disabilities.

Other than that our culinary highlight of the week has been corned beef hash using yam as potatoes are imported and therefore rare and expensive. I am currently experimenting with lunch time snacks -today it was a very close approximation to a Cornish pasty!