Cape Coast Stories


sooo nice people

heey everybody! now im here in ghana, been here a bit over a week and i already feel like home! it reminds me of latinamerika and india... I had a short day in accra, the capital, then they transferd us to Cape Coast where i will stay and study for one semester. its a very nice town, just by the coast, the beach is just five minutes walk from the ca...


My Ghanaian Interior Adventure

The great Ghanaian adventure On monday, the 14th of November, two brave and wise explorers, Ryan Witcombe and Edward Gonzalez-O'Mahoney, embarked on a tour of the Ghanaian interior. The first leg of our trip was a 30 hour, 500 kilometre boat trip along the worlds largest man made lake, Lake VOlta. Things got of to a bad start, as we arrived at the ...


The coastal adventure

Hey there gang. About 2 weeks ago Andy (a volunteer from the UK with a different organization) and Leighann (a US volunteer, same org as Andy) and myself embarked on a hot, smelly and thoroughly excellent trip along the Ghanaian coast. Joining us for the first few days of the trip was Ross (the Aussie volunteer who lives in my house, also known as Roc...


heritage and humanity

Today was intense! We visited two of the five slave castles along the coast of Ghana. The dungens were dark, poorly ventalated, and each held up to 400 people (chained together) at a time. In the floor were carved shalow groves where all of the urine (and perhaps fecies) would flow through the cells and eventually drain into the sea. Food was thrown...