And the Adventure Begins...

Well... the adventure begins. This Friday was the first time I was able to enjoy the benefits of "community living"... a nice 24 hour virus. :) But by Saturday morning, I was feeling good, and able to take my first trip off ship to HoHoy and Wli falls along the border of Togo. First lesson I learned... how to flag down a "tro tro".

All was well for the first 2 hours of our journey until our tro tro needed a little body work. (enjoy the pic below!) (Big Ben- where were you? We needed you!)

A 40 minute break and all was well, but we put our time to good use as a couple of us walked into town and got to play with the kids. Here are some new friends:

Another two hours on the road and we were in HoHoy. We were able to stay in a little hotel run by a couple that used to work with World Vision. They were all so welcoming and at dinner, they put on an African concert, complete with drums, singing and dancing. In fact, they even had our team join in and then taught us how to play the drums! We were all having a good laugh at our lack of talent! :)

We were up early the next morning and excited about our hike. 3.5 hours steep climb to the upper Wli falls. But so well worth it. One thing that was funny... we all had this hiking gear and special shoes, Nalgene water bottles, the works... and our Ghanaian guide... he climbed the whole thing with just flip flops! Amazing.

Below: Looking over into Togo, and HoHoy

Below: I lovingly refer to this picture as my "happy hiker" picture :)

The Upper Falls (during our hike- we also saw Baboons along the mountain ridge. That helped us keep up the pace!)

"I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens..." Isaiah 44:24b