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For the past week or so, Melissa, Melinda, Joel and I have been backpacking around the Volta Region of Ghana, where there is beautiful scenary, great hiking, and incredibly kind people. After our first day of traffic, waiting for the bus to show up, more traffic, waiting for the bus to get fixed, and even more traffic we finally showed up in Hohoe a little before midnight, about 15 hours after leaving the university that morning (and Hohoe is only about 4 hours away). We stayed in Hohoe that night, and the next morning headed over to Wli. We hiked to some caves and to see both the upper and lower Wli Falls and stayed in the incredible Waterfall Lodge. We spent the next couple nights in the mountains of Biakpa where we slept in tents. The fifth night we stayed in the village of Tafi Atome, and our last night was spent in Ho where we caught the bus at 4am for our smooth commute back to the university.

Looking out from the cave

Going into another cave

Sunrise in Wli

Walking down the path from the hotel

Upper Wli Falls (after the 2 hr climb)

A mound of ants

Lower Wli Falls (after the descent)

Joel learning to carve

Relaxing at the amazing Waterfall Lodge with some Milo and tea

Our tent at Mountain Paradise in Biakpa

One of several waterfalls around Biakpa

Looking out the window in Tafi Atome

The kids watching the monkeys...and us. This was shortly after they brought me a baked yam that was probably the best I had in Ghana.

Kente weaving