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| fishing / Butre, Ghana |
Nice, long breakfast and coffee with my beach before I head
out to walk to Poo Rock. There are few if any toilets in Ghana so each village has an outdoor spot for 'Taking Care of Business' and here it is a large rock outcropping on the beach. We have kindly named it Poo Rock and it is now a geographical meeting point. Read for
a bit before Obehi met me to do some ‘Poo fishing’. I am trying to keep myself covered today and to find any bit
of shade I can after yesterday...ouch.
Talked to mom on the beach too which is still a crazy, bizarre act . So use to not having contact when I
travel; at least not without effort.
We found a nice large poo free area on the big rock
outcropping that separates the 2-kilometer of Butre beach from a tiny fishing
village on the other side. I hung
out in the shade taking pictures of sand crabs and various shells while Obehi
fished. A group of six kids from
the fishing village joined us in various degrees of dress. Some of the kids naked for swimming and
others in swim trunks. I did take
note that the kids with cloths tend to speak more English and thus have been to
school. I assume to a degree it is
socioeconomic. The kids were
between the ages of 8-10 I would say.
The couple kids whom spoke English and I talked about school
and if my friend was actually going to catch any fish. The kids seemed to think anyone can
catch fish at Poo Rock but in the end Obehi went home with nothing….LOSER!
(Obehi says it was actually because he loves animals and didn’t want to kill a
fish…he is lying)
Sent some of the kids to buy us water and snacks that we
shared with them of course. Even
after all my travels the vast differences in how people live and interact still
amazes me. I guess that is why I
am still addicted to travel.
Next Day
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| Hideout Lodge / Butre, Ghana |
Even though I tried my best to stay out of the sun yesterday
it didn’t work. The walk to and from
Poo Rock alone takes more than an hour.
Not leaving my sleepy shaded beach today. Leisurely breakfast and catching up on my journal and
reading I think.
Well, I ended up totally distracted by a huge church school
group playing and picnicking on the beach today. Loved watching everyone interact. Playing soccer, gossiping and swimming. A couple girls sat to talk to me and I
made the mistake of assuming that since they were in high school I could be
honest about my religious beliefs.
I told them I was spiritual but did not believe in one specific god or
religion. Not what you say in a predominantly
Catholic country. They were very
sweet but went on and on about how I need to embraces the bible and read
it. I have read quite a bit of the
bible actually. Lesson
learned. Like my fake husband and
fake children I must remember to have a fake religion here.
Obehi leaving today to head back to Cape Coast but I just
can’t seem to pull myself away yet.
I will take off tomorrow if my soul can manage leaving here. One more quite night with my beach and
dogs.
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