///CAPE COAST///

So We just returned from our journey to Cape Coast which is about 2-3 hours away from Accra(where we live). We did it pretty big- stayed at a resort ate buffet dinners just for our group every lunch and dinner, had hot water, TV-all that. It was a beach resort so we had a bonfire to bring in the 4th and we definitely let everyone know what country we were from, as if they couldnt tell already.
We visited the slave castles in Cape Coast where the slaves were held until they were shipped off to various parts of the world. We learned of the inhumnae conditions some of the 8 million who resided there, lived through. I found it pretty ironic that a church was built by the slave owners inside the compound, I'm sure God was not the biggest slavery advocator.
After that we went to the canopy jungles where we walked across bridges made by Ghanians, similar to something out of Indiana Jones or the latest King Kong movie. Super sketchy and I look forward to never doing that again but it was really cool to be 300 feet above the ground, in the jungle, not knowing if at any moment the chord on the bridge would snap, plummeting myself to my demise.
I start my internship tomorrow at Origin 8, an advertising agency in Osu that is a brnach of Saatchi and Saatchi. I will be travleing in what they call a Tro-tro which is bascially a mini van filled with Ghanians and myself, as a means of public transportation. I look forward to it and its jsut important I dont compare my experience to America but accept it and smile. Everyone loves the Obrunis (white people) and always wave and smile and shake our hands its pretty fun.
BARACK OBAMA COMES ON FRIDAY JULY 10TH TO ACCRA, I HOPE HE SPOTS ME AND BRINGS ME UP ON STAGE FOR A SPEECH. Till next time.....