Where in the World...

Where in the World...

Friday, April 10, 2009

VACATION


Hello all!

So, I'm just on my way back from a week long vacation in Ghana with 2 of my friends, Jocelyn and Katrina. The trip was amazing. Ghana has a few more..."amenities"...then Togo. In short, it's richer and has adopted much more modern ideas (i.e., education is important; domestic violence is bad; etc...). Also, in the capital city, Accra, there is a mall!!!! Blew our little minds.
We spent 2 days and 2 nights at the beach in Kokrobite, complete with massages, delicious food, and Rastafarians. The next 2 days and 2 nights we spent in Accra, shopping, eating good (American) food--there is actually a Champs Sports Bar, and just generally being awesome.
But now, we are back to Togo...speaking French...(oh yea, the national language in Ghana is English--sweet!)...
Hope you enjoy the pictures from the trip!
-k





1 comments:

Naghme said...

I MISS YOU!!! Thank you for posting fotos. It's nice to "see" you. MUCH LOVE!!!

Moringa

Moringa is a plant that contains essential vitamins and minerals often lacking in the Togolese diet. The tree can be used in a variety of ways to treat problems of malnutrition and water-borne illness. The leaves of the tree can be eaten or dried and crushed into a powder that can be added to sauces or sprinkled on top of any dish; the seeds of the plant can be turned into cooking oil as well as used to purify water. To illustrate the advantage of this plant: the leaves of a moringa tree contain seven times the vitamin C than one orange, four times the Vitamin A than a serving of carrots, four times the calcium contained on one glass of milk, three times the potassium than one banana, and two times the protein contained in one serving of yogurt! Moringa Fest was an event that I participated in that was planned by a Peace Corps volunteer in a village called Notse. The PCV has been completing a two year promotional initiative on the benefits of incorporating moringa into the Togolese diet.

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2009 Vacation to Ghana

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