Monkeys and Mountains and Waterfalls

What a weekend!

Steph is on a Harry Potter marathon on my lap top, so I haven't got to use internet too much.

For this weekend, we went on a trip north, near Hohoe. We first went to the Atome Monkey Sanctuary place first half of the day. More than 300 monkeys were living in the sanctuary, including 50 or so families living in packs. We went into the forest with several bananas to hand out.

When we held the lower half of the banana tightly, the monkeys would come near it, and peel and eat it. But if one holds it too loosely, then the monkey simply snatches the banana and runs away. Well, we wanted to take pictures of us "giving" the bananas instead of losing them, to the monkeys, so most of us held them tight. (except Steph, who was a bit intimidated by those lively creatures).

After the Monkey business was over, we went on to hike the supposedly tallest mountain in Ghana. (I am saying supposedly because when we got to the top, there was a peak higher than where I was standing).

886 above sea-level, the peak looked not too bad from the ground. Alas, however, the hill was quite steep. The men, Cristian and I, were leading the pack. Then we got tired of leading them because not many had the energy to follow us, so we basically took off by ourselves. Loads of perspiration and loads of fun as well. It was tough getting to the top, but the view was spectacular.

Crisitian wanted to take some pictures of him, so if you find a lot of pictures of him on facebook, that's why.

Jess and Ellie were the next two people who arrived at the top, and we all took victory pictures together. All of us were literally covered in sweat, and my cool powder, although it was doubted of its efficacy in the beginning, was doing some heavy job cooling people's heat down.

We spent the night at the local hostel, where I was bitten to death at night. Well, at least I am taking Malaria Pills so I hope I am ok.

The next day, Sunday, we went to the tallest waterfall in Ghana. The waterfall was truly majestic. It was so powerful that we barely reached its vicinity even with locked hands and creeping backwards on our knees.

Pictures should explain its power more clearly. In fact, my flip-flops broke and I had to quasi-fix it with some nails until I could buy another pair. The water was, however, very refreshing. Almost everyone had a fantastic time swimming and enjoying the cool water.

We returned to our headquarters at night, and everyone, who were exhausted at the end of the trips, went to bed without too much fooling around.

Well, I got to tell today's story right? Today is a national Ghanaian holiday, and hospitals and schools were closed for the day. Because we had no volunteering work to do, we went to the holidaty festival in the lake Volta.

Some of us went Kayaking, and all of us in the end, took a boat ride to see some nice views of the lake and the villages.

Busy weekend and Monday, but definitely worth it.
It is getting a bit late. I should go to sleep soon.

Good night!

by the way, i tried to make some cool alliteration for the title, but I realized W in waterfall was not an M. Darn.