MONEKYS AND HAIR

This weekend I was finnally after three attempts to see monkeys upclose. I even had one eat out of my hand. Though it did urinate while doing this, thankfully not on me. The trip there as per usual was adventrous. It involved getting completly covered in red dirt while we travelled to destination one. Once there, the three of us are certain that this place has the highest number of mentally ill people in Ghana, or maybe the tro tro station is where they all hang out. Thankfully the uncomfortable tro tro did not take long to get going and after a stop at the petrol station we were on our way to Boabeng Fema Monkey reserve. The tro thankfully aslo dropped us off right outside.

The monkeys were everywhere and whie a lot ran away when they saw or heard you there were always I few that would let you get up close. The place also had some really nice interesting trees that we all could not help but be toursits and get our photos taken inside. While there we also managed to get taken to the monkey grave sight. There is a special person responsible for making sure that every monkey who dies gets a proper burial. This is because the monkeys are considered children of God.



Since it was a Saturday however there will little (well we saw no) tro tros heading back. So in the middle of the day we walked a lovely hot 8km to the end of the next viallage. Here we managed to fit 6 passengers in a taxi the size of a fiat for the 12km trip the crazy towns tro tro station. Though I sam not copmplaining as the whole trip was worth it.

On another end I got my hair done this week. It is the latest fashion in Ghana and all the women in Accra wear it. So you know me always wanting to be at the top end of fashion I had to follow suit. Well actually I taught I was going to get it braided like last time, but becuase I made one comment on how I liked one of the teachers hair, the style changed dramatically. My haid is now black with bright red chunks. It is also short. The best way I can describe it, is that it is like a short bob style. The Ghanains all think it looks "soo good" or " it fits me well". I am still unsure. Oh so you know it is all fake hair. My hair has been all tightly braided against my head and it is used as the base for the fake hair to be sewn on top.