On Friday the 27th, the group was all in
Kumasi. Clayton and Mike picked up
a few extra parts for the lister engine while Helena and Chelsea took a tour of
the biochar reactors in Kumasi at SRI and then visited with Mollie at the Opuni
house. That evening we all got to
talk to the India group by phone, which was really fun! The Opunis served us a delicious meal
of ampesi (a spicy cabbage and carrot dish, similar to coleslaw) and boiled
yams and we got to play with the four kids! The electricity went out for part of the evening, but it
came on in time for some of us to watch the second half of the Olympic opening
ceremony.
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| Chelsea with Yaw and David, two of Emmanuel's sons |
The next morning we had a leisurely start to the morning and
then Mike, Clayton, Helena, and Chelsea decided to give Kumasi’s Central Market
another go. After a bit of a wait,
we were able to catch a tro-tro to the middle of the city, where overwhelming
traffic convinced us to hop out a bit before our destination and walk the
remainder of the way (aided by Clayton’s directional knowledge). The sun was hot and the market was
busy, but that didn’t stop us from jumping right into the chaos with bargaining
and buying.
After a couple of hours and several successful finds, we
headed out to the transit station.
There we were joined by Mollie and, finally fully reunited, we loaded
onto a bus and headed back to Sunyani.
Once in Sunyani, Emmanuel (who had travelled near Sunyani for a funeral
earlier in the day) drove us back to the dorms and accompanied us to a pizza
dinner. Following our meal,
Helena, Mike, and Emmanuel partook in the live music and dancing just outside
the restaurant.
Written by Mollie and Chelsea
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