Thursday 17 April 2014
Tuesday 15 April 2014
Monday
With the pace of work at the kindergarten picking up to ensure completion, students spent the morning visiting the Primary school to teach the students.
The afternoon saw our third game of football against Cape Three Points JHS U14 which we lost, coming back from 5 - 1 with a strong second half performance to a creditable 6 - 3 final scoreline.
Monday 14 April 2014
Sunday
Sunday morning saw the student's given a lie in until 9:00 even though most were up at 7:00!
A lazy morning included swimming, baseball, kite flying and ultimate frisbee.
Following lunch, the owner of Escape3Points gave a guided tour of the site showing his eco friendly garden, turtle hatchery and solar powered electricity system.
The students then went on a 2 hour walk through the only remaing coastal rain forest in Ghana with the local forest ranger. They were impressed with the virgin flora and fauna and amazing views.
The evening was spent puzzling over a quiz written by Charles Lockie.....the Leaders team won!!
A great game of 'hands-down' and 'bunnies' followed .
A lazy morning included swimming, baseball, kite flying and ultimate frisbee.
Following lunch, the owner of Escape3Points gave a guided tour of the site showing his eco friendly garden, turtle hatchery and solar powered electricity system.
The students then went on a 2 hour walk through the only remaing coastal rain forest in Ghana with the local forest ranger. They were impressed with the virgin flora and fauna and amazing views.
The evening was spent puzzling over a quiz written by Charles Lockie.....the Leaders team won!!
A great game of 'hands-down' and 'bunnies' followed .
Sarturday
Saturday started with bright sunshine and after a breakfast of omelette the canoe and batik groups left site.
The remainder hit the beach for a game of baseball which Mr Osborne's team won 24 - 11. Into the sea and then lunch of fish and rice.
The afternoon saw the final groups depart for batik and canoeing whilst a group went to the kindergarten site to help load wood onto Akwai's truck to be taken off to Agona Junction for planing. The artisans and labourers are progressing with the work on the kindergarten and hope to have the roof on by Monday.......
Mr Abbott took six students fishing near the village only to find the srea being used by the male villagers for their Saturday bath! Once they had finished Harley Shand hooked a stingray!
After a dinner of spaghetti bolognese the students went on a team crab hunt on the beach with the highest score being 55. Charles Lockie received a nasty pinch on his finger from a crab.
While Mr Abbott's group were away fishing, the remainder of us headed to the beach to collect seaweed for the eco garden. We each got a free drink for each sack we collected.
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The remainder hit the beach for a game of baseball which Mr Osborne's team won 24 - 11. Into the sea and then lunch of fish and rice.
The afternoon saw the final groups depart for batik and canoeing whilst a group went to the kindergarten site to help load wood onto Akwai's truck to be taken off to Agona Junction for planing. The artisans and labourers are progressing with the work on the kindergarten and hope to have the roof on by Monday.......
Mr Abbott took six students fishing near the village only to find the srea being used by the male villagers for their Saturday bath! Once they had finished Harley Shand hooked a stingray!
After a dinner of spaghetti bolognese the students went on a team crab hunt on the beach with the highest score being 55. Charles Lockie received a nasty pinch on his finger from a crab.
While Mr Abbott's group were away fishing, the remainder of us headed to the beach to collect seaweed for the eco garden. We each got a free drink for each sack we collected.
Friday 11 April 2014
Friday p.m.
After lunch, we travelled to the nearby fishing village of Akwidaa and split up into two groups - one for a canoe tour, the other for a tour around the slave trade fort. The canoe group, (after a walk through the town) saw mangroves, crabs, toucans,herons and many other animals and birds. The other group went for a guided tour around the slave trading fort. There was not much left, as the British navy had bombarded it during the slave trade.
Another group went off to do Batik - an African style of dying cloth. You use wax stamps to mark patterns on cloth. Later, the cloth is dyed, left to dry, and boiled to remove the wax. At the end of the process, you are left with patterns of your choice.
Back at Cape Three Points, we played two competitions - pool and table tennis. After dinner we held a games night. We played two more competitions - darts and boules. Everyone took part in all games, and the night was very competetive with bags of Haribo as prizes.
Charles Lockie and Mitchell Farquharson
Another group went off to do Batik - an African style of dying cloth. You use wax stamps to mark patterns on cloth. Later, the cloth is dyed, left to dry, and boiled to remove the wax. At the end of the process, you are left with patterns of your choice.
Back at Cape Three Points, we played two competitions - pool and table tennis. After dinner we held a games night. We played two more competitions - darts and boules. Everyone took part in all games, and the night was very competetive with bags of Haribo as prizes.
Charles Lockie and Mitchell Farquharson
The goats knew where to hide during the storm
To be finished by Tuesday lunchtime!
On the bridge into Akwidaa
Batik
Friday a.m.
Eggs and toast for breakfast and first group of students doing batik trek off down the beach to spend the morning waxing and dying. Competition to see who does the best design.
Remainder off to the beach for a very competitive game of baseball which was interrupted by a thunderstorm. This gave the opportunity to complete the first rounds of the pool and table tennis competitions. Dan Mallet and Harrison Neville finally got round to washing some clothes (Dan because of insistence from his peers!). Rashes, bites and scratches dealt with.
Back to the beach for a cooling dip and then a crab digging competition to prepare for the crab catching competition tonight.
Just waiting for lunch and then off in different groups for batik, conoeing in dugouts down the mangrove river and a tour of the Dutch slave fort at Akwidaa.
Remainder off to the beach for a very competitive game of baseball which was interrupted by a thunderstorm. This gave the opportunity to complete the first rounds of the pool and table tennis competitions. Dan Mallet and Harrison Neville finally got round to washing some clothes (Dan because of insistence from his peers!). Rashes, bites and scratches dealt with.
Back to the beach for a cooling dip and then a crab digging competition to prepare for the crab catching competition tonight.
Just waiting for lunch and then off in different groups for batik, conoeing in dugouts down the mangrove river and a tour of the Dutch slave fort at Akwidaa.
Pontoon before lunch (no money involved!)
Finlay found a praying mantis (which did survive!)
Dinner tonight fresh from the village.
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