We are in Ghana!
We got into Takoradi yesterday morning, and found a driver right way. We need him for the entire day, which ended up bring pretty expensive. Tony took us to Accra, and we stoppped at St. George's castle in Elmina, and Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast. The castles and slave dungeons were so amazing. Listening to the tour guide tell us about the torture that the African slave endured during their time in the dungeons was really hard to listen to. At the same time, I feel like I learned more about human trade than I've ever learned in school in America. It's such a huge part of our history as Americans, and it was something we'll never forget. The last part of the Cape Coast Castle that we saw was The Door of No Return. This is at the end of a tunnel, and leads straight out to the ocean. Millions of African slaves went through this door, and had no idea where they were being sent, and that they would never return home. It was incredible and heartbreaking at the same time. As we looked out the door, there were hundreds of Ghanhians swimming in the water, and playing in the sand. It was definitely a moment neither of us will forget.
That's all I'm going to update for now. The rest of our day was awesome, but we only have 5 mins left on internet.
We are leaving for a village about 2 hours away right now. We have already met Neil, the CEO of village to village, and his wife. They are so nice, and we feel completely safe and excited to meet all of the people.
It only cost of 30 cedis this morning to get a ton of school supplies, and we have some other things for the kids as well.
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