Where in the World...

Where in the World...

Thursday, August 12, 2010

last vacation...

For the last three months of service volunteers are not allowed to travel out of their host country. Since I'm coming up on my last 3 months mark (WOW!), I took advantage of my leftover vacation days and went to Ghana with my friend Jocelyn. It was awesome.

This time, rather than relaxing by the beach and sipping on margaritas, we decided to do all the touristy and historical things we'd been hearing so much about. We went to Cape Coast, Ghana. First on the list of things to do was visit Kakum National Park to do a Canopy Walk. The Canopy Walk consists of 7 suspension bridges in the treetops of the jungle.

Second was to visit the Cape Coast Castle which was a military fortress established in 1653 but later became a large player in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. We toured the dungeons where West African slaves and POWs were kept for 3 months in small rooms with hundreds of other people with no light, no ventilation and no escape. The tour was extremely moving. Anything that I could say about it now couldn't even do it justice or capture the powerfulness of the experience.

So, I'll just show you pictures instead:

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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.

Random Photo Update

Camp UNITE 2009

2009 Vacation to Ghana

Photos from Atakpame

Photos from Training in Agou Akoumawou