The pic above was taken in Cape Coast, a small but energetic fishing town a couple of hours west of Accra. Even though I had already been to the slave castles in Elmina and Cape Coast several weeks ago with my group, my parents wanted to see the capital of the Gold Coast from the colonial era. (My parents visited me for a week - it was great to see them and pretty entertaining to watch them experience Ghana for the first time as I did over two months ago). The car ride from Accra to Cape Coast was just as fascinating the second time around. We passed through, what seemed like, hundreds of villages. The lack of development in these villages never ceases to amaze me. The villages don't appear to have any of the most basic modern appliances that we are so accustomed to in the U.S., little conveniences that I know I take for granted every day. Even still, the area is undeniably gorgeous. It is impossible to try to take it in all at once. At any given moment one might look outside the car and see women balancing huge baskets on their heads (their sense of balance is incredible) full of various foods while goats and chickens weave in and out of huts and into the oncoming traffic.
Below is a picture I took of Elmina in the evening. When the sun starts to set around 6 pm the fishing ports become a lot less hectic and the coast appears peaceful. So so beautiful.
