Second Time Around

Four new volunteers have arrived in Koforidua in the September intake, so we have begun to do all the things we did this time last year. On Saturday we returned to Boti Falls, taking Catherine, Catherine and Carla, my fifth trip in the past twelve months. The falls always look different and there is always something new to see. Some of the undergrowth around the steps has been cut away, improving the first view of the waterfall. For much of the drive there the road was accompanied by sections of the pipeline which is being installed between Koforidua and the Volta Lake. It is hoped to have the pipeline open in the spring, providing some relief to the residents from the woefully inadequate supply we currently have. Koforidua must have some of the highest rainfall levels in Ghana but the supply is much more robust in many of the drier towns in the north. When I returned from Timbuktu, thanks to roadworks outside the house, the supply had been cut off completely and I was dependent on the contents of the big black tank in the compound for a couple of weeks. Fortunately the pipes have been reconnected now.
Most of the time, it doesn’t seem like a year since I arrived and at others it doesn’t seem like I’ve ever been anywhere else.