16 adults, two children and a chicken in the back of a truck.......

On the way from Wa to Wechiau I really experienced what life looks like in rural Northern Ghana. I had met up with Sabrina the night before in Wa after finishing up my elective in Donkorkrom. After saying all my goodbyes I skipped out of the hospital early on Friday afternoon and made my way across the lake to the junction town of Nkawkaw and spent the night in a local hotel. I got up early Saturday morning and caught the bus to Kumasi from where I made my way to Wa. On Sunday morning we left Wa so that Sabrina could show me all that she had learned about Hippopotomi and the uber-rural Lobi tribe. The ride was slow because the lady closest to the back of the truck kept dropping her loaf of bread and we kept having to stop and send someone running down the road to pick it up. All the better to soak in the vast new world of the Northern Ghana filled with flat roofed compounds, mosques and giant termite hills. After touring the Lobi community, encountering a dozen happy hippos along the Black Volta, sleeping under the stars on the roof of the guest house (and yes under a mosquito net as well Mom) and biking back to Wechiau along the quiet rural roads I can definitely say that this will be a highlight for both Sabrina and I when we look back on this trip.