Day 21 - Tuesday

It was another early start on the penultimate day of the trip as we bid farewell to Akwasi and the rest of the staff at Escape 3 Points and started the journey to Accra.

The scenery along the way provided a variety of things to entertain and interested on the long journey. Some of the stand out moments was the gentlemen selling field rats on the side of the road to be cooked for bush meat, the regular police blocks which required a handshake from our driver that involved a small amount of cash being deposited with the policeman in order for us to carry on our merry way and the colourful street sellers!

We arrived in Accra at 4pm for our stay at Big Millie's which is a well known Rastafarian hangout. There were some more stalls for the students to browse the locally produced gifts and trinkets before sitting down to a wonderful meal of steak and chips which was a welcome change to rice!

We had a great final night with an awards ceremony involving a range of nominations and awards being given out as we reminisced about parts of the trip. The highlight of the awards was the much anticipated and built up 'Grafter' Award for the person who had worked hardest throughout which was voted for by all student and staff. With one vote in it the winner of the award was Barney Thorp but in a selfless act he felt that award deserved to be shared with Jekin Patel, which everyone agreed as the two of them were the 1st people on site on the morning, the last to leave and drew the most complimentary comments from the local works!

And so this draws to a close the Ghana 2013 trip which was a great success as we made a difference in both of the communities we stayed in and worked together in order to improve facilities. All of the donations were greatly received and the students have experienced many things that nobody else will have the opportunity to see!