Four of us (Fulbrighters all) went to Busua (pronounced Boo-sia) this past weekend. We took a STC bus (like Greyhound) from Accra at 5:30 in the morning to Takoradi, where we caught a trotro to Agona, where we got a cab to the African Rainbow Hotel. All very smooth. The hotel was wonderful - the first photo below is a view from our balcony (every room has one that overlooks the beach). I will be taking requests to visit on a first come-first served basis :)
We spent the first afternoon at the beach - and were almost the only people on the entire beach.
We spent the first afternoon at the beach - and were almost the only people on the entire beach.
Saturday evening we had dinner on the roof of the hotel - really good pizza. I tried a ginger pineapple juice that was just too ginger-y to actually consume; you could smell the ginger across the table. The evening was beautiful - trying to find constellations proved a challenge, though - they are in different places than at home and the additional visible stars threw off our ability to find ones we were familiar with.
Sunday morning, back to the beach. Three of us hired a boat (paddled by local fisherman) out to the island in the bay. Below is a photo of one of several vultures who spent time with us on the beach on Sunday. There are also several on my campus, but I have not been able to get a photo of one yet (the morning one was sitting in my driveway, I was too stunned to think of getting my camera). A little boy ran at the small flock of vultures several times, causing them to fly away temporarily. I was reminded of my sister who liked to do the same to seagulls, particularly near the New England Aquarium in Boston. Seagulls, vultures, same difference...
Since I am me, of course I got a sunburn. Amusingly, it was also odd. The sunscreen we used was aerosol, but apparently combined with the waves, sweat, etc. dripped down my back making this interesting pattern.
Since I am me, of course I got a sunburn. Amusingly, it was also odd. The sunscreen we used was aerosol, but apparently combined with the waves, sweat, etc. dripped down my back making this interesting pattern.
The hotel was also a wonderful place to sleep - sounds of the waves, open windows for sea breeze, and the weaver birds chirping in the backyard of the hotel. I don't think sound comes along with the video clips I can load on here, so I just posted a photo of the weaver birds below. When I first saw the trees, I thought they had yellow flowers. Turns out, they are birds. Birds who build spherical nests.
3 comments:
It was pigeons I used to chase!!! Not seagulls, although I am sure I chased them as well at the beach, my favorite was always those damn pigeons:)
Jessica - It's been a while since you wrote this, but I just happened across it and wondered if you could explain your tattoo. I can make out "ego" "erudito" and I think "etiam". Best I can tell etiam is latin, erudito is italian or spanish (perhaps latin too?) and of course ego is originally latin.
What's the 4th word and is this original or does it have an origin?
Thanks
Michael
The tattoo means "I am still learning" in Latin.
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