On our way to the Volta river, it was a 12 hour bumpyvan ride, with a one hour stop at a cultural centre, where they saw artisans making their crafts. The boys especially enjoyed the drum-making and the huge slingshot made for a ceremony. There was a quadraplegic who painted beautiful pictures with his mouth. It was a nice break from our long, hot, dusty journey through the jungle and windy mountain roads (more like paths). We got lost several times as there are no direction signs and the villages we went through were not on our map. We just kept going east and hoping we'd hit the Volta river, and it's a miracle we found our destination.
We have been pulled over at many checkpoints by scary looking dudes with machine guns, but so far we have not had to pay any bribes or been threatened. Today we have another hot van ride to another village called Sogakope.
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