See how everyone is in one part of the water like that? That is because the current is super intense and can easily carry you away! Craaaaazy! The water was pretty pleasant and warm and there were teeny tiny critters in shells that would wash up to the sand with the tide and then scurry to crawl back under it again.
There are also pretty places to chill out and order food and drinks...
...thrilling displays of musical skill and drag queenery...
...and good times!
This little boy taught us to dance!
There were some really cool, friendly folks, but as always, we have to shake off a good deal of guys persistently selling paintings, jewelry and horseback rides. In the bus, our student guides also warned us to watch out for guys offering to "help you swim". Nobody had to deal with that though.
Here we all are, celebrating our exciting first beach day!
Another exciting event that happens every Wednesday at the beach is Reggae Night. We went our first Wednesday in Ghana, since it was one of our group's birthdays that day. There were a ton for foreigners and some Ghanaians. When we arrived, the band was playing (it was not very good, in my opinion) but no one was dancing. Our ISEP group and some Canadian friends we made who came along started the dancing and ordered some drinks at the semi-sketchy bar and had a good time. I took Mary Ann (one of the Canadians) down to the water for her first touch of the ocean, which was really cool. We ran into Obed, one of our student guides, and Fifi, a popular Ghanaian around the hostel who takes us out to pretty fun spots. It was definitely a fun night of beach bonding.
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