This weekend I visited Cape Coast Castle, another slave castle on the coast of Ghana. It was a much smaller operation than Elmina Castle was, but it is just as powerful. We had a really great tour guide as well that did such a good job that both my friend and I were in tears at the end. Along with a full history of the castle and the events leading up to the slave trade we also got a lesson on how human beings should treat each other. At one point, in the wom...

Today I realized that I exchange my money at The Downtown Virgins Forex Bureau. These sometimes strange biblical references are all over Cape Coast and it's hard to walk down a street without seeing 4 or 5 at the very least. Since I see so many of them I've compiled a list of some of my favorites: Jehovah Jireh fashion; Jesus Says Catering Pastries Specialist; and my personal favorite, El Shaddai hair do. It gets funnier when there is a misspelling, which ten...

After a week of sitting around, trying to fix my computer and writing a grant application I finally have something to do! Edwin and I are going to start filming a documentary tomorrow (at 6:45am, ugh). Although I'm not excited about the time, I am excited about the subject. In the Central Region of Ghana there are twice as many schools as in other regions, however almost 80% of the population is illiterate. We are going to explore why this is and how we can c...

Green Turtle Lodge is beautiful, but it is an eco-friendly lodge meaning that the showers are outdoors and the toilets are composting toliets. It is certainly not a luxury hotel by American standards. The five of us girls stayed in a one room bungalow on the beach. There were 3 beds and a mattress on the ground for 2 of us. Of course I got the floor. We made a makeshift mosquito net fort above my mattress and went to bed after a very long, exhausting day. I...

Green Turtle Lodge is beautiful, but it is an eco-friendly lodge meaning that the showers are outdoors and the toilets are composting toliets. It is certainly not a luxury hotel by American standards. The five of us girls stayed in a one room bungalow on the beach. There were 3 beds and a mattress on the ground for 2 of us. Of course I got the floor. We made a makeshift mosquito net fort above my mattress and went to bed after a very long, exhausting day. I...