Ghanaian Trip Diary: Axim and Beyin

The night before at Axim was fabulous. We stayed in adorable chalets right by the beach and it was glorious.

Tuesday morning we were up and ready to move on to Beyin, where the boys would make a move to take a canoe trip to a small village on stilts that my dad had been *dreaming* about since he was a wee lad.

After they left, my mom and I had a nice lunch and headed out to the beach to get some nice work done. Now, the main reason we chose the beach was because our cabin was, uh, on the rustic side. To be honest, when we went to sleep I definitely thought there would be a repeat of the great cockroach incident of 2014 (when I woke at 2 am to a cockroach climbing on my face).

The boys got back safely a few hours later and we all had a light dinner together in the open-air dining room (while fending off hungry cats and ants). Before dinner however, the boys and I headed down to the beach where we spotted some coconut trees.

Determined, we set out to bring some coconuts down.

Ayande found a sturdy palm frond that was large enough that it required all three of us to hoist it up high enough to just brush the coconuts in the tree.

After way too many frustrating attempts and waning natural light, a nearby Ghanaian hotel worker took pity on us and grabbed an official coconut-getter-thingy.

Ayande and I hurried off to grab a cedi to may him from putting us out of our misery. When we got back, he had taken down a HUGE coconut. He brought us to the reception desk where he cut open the coconut for us to enjoy. The fruits ;) of our labor were very much enjoyed.

Next morning, it was time to head home back to Accra!