Paradise

So I am unfortunately home from Ada! It was the most beautiful amazing place I have ever been in my life! When we first got to Ada we had to take a boat to get to Ada Foah where our resort was. So we get in the little boat and as we start driving along the river bank we start seeing mansions and wakeboarding boats and see-doos and stuff which I did not expect to see in Ghana. Its all white people though ofcourse who have gotten approval from the chief to buy the land. The houses were unbelievable too! All made of wood with straw gazeboes and what not. Then the further we went downstream we hit the cutest little fishing village because it is so close to the ocean that the men go out everymorning in there big wooden fishing boats. The village was all straw huts and the people were so friendly! Our resort was further down and was basically about 20 straw huts built on the sand. It was very basic with only a bed in the room and shared bathrooms (hole in the ground). From our door it was about a 10 second walk to the ocean on one side and a 10 second walk to the river on the other side. It was absolutely beautiful and so relaxing! There was no electricity or anything so we all had little lanterns which was super cute. It was such a perfect weekend to kick back and relax. We swam across the river one day with a surfboard and it was much further then we expected haha. It probably took us atleast 2 hours to get across and back. The resort was also really cool because it was so small and all the guests hung out together. We met some Ghanians who owned a football club in Accra and they were there with some volunteers from all over the word. It was really fun because we played beach volleyball and everyone had a different accent (German,Italian.,Scottish,Australian,English,Irish ect.) which was hilarious! They were really neat people and we might go visit the academy sometime.

Today was also an UNREAl day! First at work I got to give my first vaccine :) which was awesome and then I got to give the Polio vaccine to all the babies (given orally). I am getting more and more responsibility every day which I'm really excited about! The other girl has only given one vaccine ever so the fact that I got to do it so early on is really awesome. This afternoon we went to the caves in a village nearby which was crazy! We crawl into the little black hole and then you feel swooshing everywhere and he shines his light and I swear there was 300 bats! They were absolutely covering the walls and ceiling to the point where you could only see the wall moving. In the cave there was little sitting rocks everywhere where the christians came to pray when they were being persecuted. There was also a little underground creek running through the cave so it was really muddy and at points we had to get on our hands and knees and crawl through tunnels! I cant believe I did that and my knees were shaking the whole time haha. My time is running out though so I will check in again soon! Miss ya!