After that, we began our bus ride to Tetteh Quarshie's Cocoa Farm, Ghana's first and oldest Cocoa Farm. Before our tour began though, we ran into a group of African schoolchildren across from the farm. It was so awesome! The kids were excited to see us, one kid even cartwheeled out of excitement! We went over and played with them, taking pictures, playing soccer and running relay races. We got to hand out candy and pencils to the kids as well, it was great to see the joy on their face. Before we left, the kids impressed us by counting up to 20 in English (pretty darn impressive for 3-5 yr. old kids!) After that, we enjoyed a song that they sang for us, which I have included as a link at the bottom. (Warning: Video may be too ridiculously cute)
After hanging out with the kids for not nearly as long as I wanted to, we went on the tour of the Cocoa Farm. The farm not only had cocoa but plantains, bananas and other exotic plants and fruits as well. Our guide was excellent in explaining how they use literally every part of the cocoa plant. They use the residue from the raw bean to feed animals, they burn the shells for mulch and they use the vines from the trees and weave them as baskets to carry the beans. This got me thinking about how wasteful I've been with some foods I've eaten. From now on, I'm gonna be more careful before I throw out that extra little scrap.
We followed up the Cocoa Farm tour with a tour of the nearby Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately, my camera's battery went out halfway through. Words can't really describe some of the beautiful trees I saw in the garden. You definitely don't see trees like this back home in the States. Lunch after the tour was great and then we got to go to a Woodcarvers' village where most of the clan brought masks, sculptures and purses for their loved ones. Garrett was even able to help one of the carver's out in making a traditional Ghanaian mask. Very neat. I'm sure some of you reading this will be seeing these beautiful crafts in the near future!
Currently we're all sitting in the hotel lobby resting up for our big voyage to the Cape Coast Castle tomorrow. Everyone is making sure they're all packed up and ready to go for our last few days on the coast. Time's flying fast and I wish I could stay a few days longer....
Until tomorrow,
Pat
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