The town of Ho, one of the larger towns in Ghana.

We arrived at our hotel in Ho, the Chances Hotel, that evening. The main part of the hotel was completed recently, so the rooms were all very nice. We hit the pool that evening, and it felt soooo good! ;) Ho is in the valley of some beautiful mountains. It was very green and rural where we stayed. Many of us woke early the next morning to go walking. I did, and passed many Ghanians who were starting their day's work. Women with all sorts of items they would sell that day balanced on their heads. You get used to seeing this as it is everywhere. The women in Ghana have the best posture in the world. It also adds to the sense of elegance, confidence and pride they have about them. Their babies are also strapped to their backs with cloth. In the city, in the country. It is the practice here.

We spent our first day after arriving in Ho mostly driving. We had to cross over a large mountain in order to get to a pottery village two hours north of Ho. The drive was amazing. We could see the Volta river from on top of the mountain. Imagine the Appalachian mountains and then add banana trees, palm trees, and huge Baobab trees towering everywhere, like vast umbrellas. It was an amazing sight. Oh! And there were also those termite castles you see on the Discover Channel. They were all over the place here. They're about 8-15 feet tall!

We stopped off to use some facilities and a woman was selling palm wine, which is apparently why I had to get a typhoid shot. This is what is used traditionally instead of gin when you gift the chief. Pretty strong stuff, from what I've been told, but I didn't test the typhoid shot, nor my brain cells.