Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Grave Hunting, Nachos and Big Milly

Internet has been down for days. Got a message this morning that the problem has been identified...

After a rowdy evening of dancing, singing and drumming at the local Jazz club, we woke up at 7am in Saturday morning and took a cab to the Togo/Ghana border. Four hours on the beach road in a tro tro (Ghanaian taxi) we arrived in Accra (the capital of Ghana). Our mission. To find a grave of a brother of a friend to a brother of a friend -- it's too complicated to explain. We found it. Took some photos. Greeted the groundskeepers and headed for nachos at Champs (you can't get Nachos or any kind of Mexican food in Togo). Turns out we sat there for four hours watching soccer on a big screen, another anomaly. Spent the night in Accra and headed for the beach at Kokrobite Sunday morning.

Sitting at the beach reading a book, The Village of Waiting by George Packer, I started goofing off with these kids. I gave them my camera and taught them how to use it. This is the best photo they took.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Aw that is a really cute picture...I'm so jealous of you! It sounds like you have so much fun :)