Ghana Gazette

This is one of the two boats we took out on a little trip down at a resort known as Ada - while it looks like it should be poled or paddled, it has a little outboard motor on it and it took us on an hour tour of this area where the Volta River enters the Atlantic Ocean.









On the trip we passed a little family going from point A to point B - but you'll notice they have their pots and nets and most paticularly the little boy boy sitting on moma's lap waving for all he is worth, and the little baby firmly secured on moma's back - sleeping away as happy as a bug in a rug. Contrast their poverty withthe mansion in the background which is a week end home for some very rich people from Accra.
Here is an example of the fancy fishing boats that we found in the area - they actually use them and take them out on the large waves of the Atlantic ocean to fish
The main attraction there is a boat ridge which we took - boat looks like it should be paddled or poled, but it had a little outboard motor on it which took us around the inlet area - but not without a little in tour bailing that had to be done by one of the locals who came with us on the ride - although the bailing will limited and not an emergency, I still don't like being out on the water when it gets on the wrong side of the boards!!












Right next door to the hotel is a little fishing village with many extremely colorful boats which it appears are used daily for fishing ventures out onto the ocean. This picture shows a couple of boats and the grasshuts that the locals live in.