Cape Coast Trip

Today we went on a tour of the Cape Coast Castle, went to lunch at an alligator reserve and to the Canopy Walk. Each of the tours were great and learned more about the history of Ghana at the Cape Coast Castle. To the left is a picture of the city of Accra before we left for our 2 hour drive to the coast. 

At the castle they showed us the slave dungeons (both male and female), the captains master bedroom and the amazing view it had and the Door of No Return/ Door of Return. When you would leave the castle for the Atlantic slave trade you would leave behind you name and dignity and on the boat rides if a lady became pregnant from one of the captains or British leaders than she would be thrown overboard because the wives of the men would know that they had been cheating on them the whole time they were away. Very sad!

 The alligator reserve was really cool because the restaurant was literally surrounded by alligators and the gators could go on to the pathways easily because there were no fences. The lunch was really good, I had Red Red which is a dish with noodles, black eyed peas and chicken or fish.

The Canopy Walk was really cool because the forest seemed like it went on for miles and miles before you even entered the forest. The actual canopy walk was only 4 bridges suspended high off the floor of the forest. The bridges were really woobly but it was fun walking over them. Wish it was longer but hey I have proof I survived the canopy walk with a shirt so I feel pretty legit!