Today we went to Bojo Beach! The ride there was pretty long, around an hour and a half ride there. The ride was awesome. I just waved to the kids all day long. Then we arrived there, and it was a beautiful sight! There was a bridge that we walked over to get to a small island. While walking over the bridge, there was a huge crab! I’ve never seen a crab like it back in the US. To get over to the beach, we had to take a canoe! The canoe was kind of tippy on the way there, which was kind of scary. I had my camera and blackberry in my backpack and I did not want those things to get ruined. We made it to the beach safe and hopped off so excited to finally be there! It was stunning. It was pretty much empty, too. I took a little walk along the beach and found some great shells that I will be bringing back with me. Then, we went up to the bar and had some drinks! We laid out in the sun, got a some color on our skin. Finally around 2pm, everybody started arriving to the island. It was like a huge party! We were meeting so many people! There were 3 girls and 1 guy from Washington DC who are Ghanaian and were just visiting. We also met some South Africans who are here on business for 3 weeks. We swam in the ocean and the water temperature was perfect. It was like sitting in a bath tub! While in the ocean, one of the South African’s found a water snake! It was dead, thank god, but still it was kind of creepy that something like that could be swimming around with us. We met some Ghanains on the beach who were playing the drums so we danced to the drums with them! It was great! Also, we started a dance party when they turned the big speakers on. So many people came to dance with us! A woman let me dance with her baby who probably only 2. It was amazing! We danced forever and worked off the beers we were drinking (which I was slightly drunk from haha)! Also, we met a man at the bar who was drinking the weirdest thing! We were first talking to Ernest about the dentist. He said he’s never been to the dentist! So we asked the bartender and he said the same thing. Finally, we asked the man standing next to Ernest, and he said he had just been 3 months ago and told Ernest it was not good to have never been haha He was drinking the weirdest thing too! The bartender gave him a shot of something red, its called Compari and is a strong, but sweeter Gin. You mix that with a Guiness beer, and the beer will taste sweeter. Well, the man offered me to try it, but I said no. Well 5 minutes later, he ordered me and my 2 friends a round so we could try it! It tasted pretty good. I don’t think I could drink that all day, but one is alright. Later, he asked for my phone number even though he had told us earlier that he was married. hahahah we got a good laugh at that. Culturally here, it is “acceptable” for a man to cheat on his wife. Most of the time, his wife will never know. But if she does find out, she can divorce him, but most look the other way. But, if the wife were to cheat on her husband she would be divorced immediately. What a double standard! Ernest said it is because this society revolves around men. He said if you do not want to be cheated on, do not marry a Ghanaian! Good to know! The music here is amazing. It’s so happy and fun to dance to. We’ve been finding some music online that sounds about right, so we’ve been looking into that. We love the dancing here and can’t wait to get out and dance at a nightclub! For dinner, I had something called Banku and chicken. Banku is a fermented dough that tastes like sourdough. It is not baked, it is just dough. You dip it in the sauce with the chicken and it tastes interesting. I wouldn’t say I would have it again, but I’m glad I tried it. The ride home took 2 hours . We saw a man with a monkey on the way home. It was crazy! It was a baby! Ernest told us that people go in and take the babies away from their mothers and kill them and eat them but they will keep the babies as pets. We were exhausted when we got home. We kept trying to get Ernest to take us out tonight, but he warned us we would be tired, and we definitely are.
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