When we arrived in Kwekwewere, plans changed. Chief Nana was at another meeting regarding temporary coverage for another chief of a broader collection of villages. We did, however, plan a time to meet with the architect and review our building plans and expectations.
On our way out of the village, we stopped by the primary school located on a main road. The children were in their lessons, taught in an open air room under a tin roof, reciting English phrases, discussing "information technology" and basic science. We were somewhat of a disruption; the children all gawked as we drove up. They mostly wanted to be in pictures and share hellos.
On the side of the road, there was a few men selling coconuts and our driver, forever seeking to entertain us, pulled over to buy some for us to try.
I like coconut, but a whole one was more than I could drink or eat. We briefly dropped by the hotel to clean up and change heading out with Daniel so he could show us his church and a school it funded.
Our next stop, was in a village on the other side of Kumasi. This school was a bit nicer in appearance than the first, though the basic structure and lessons seemed to be similar.
I loved the alphabet pictures on the side of the building. Each letter being represented by a word/picture familiar to the Ghanaian children (oranges there are green and papaya is called paw paw and HECK yeah there are queens!).
Instead of ice cream cone cupcakes, they had sugar cane for snack time. They kindly shared with our group.
We next stopped at a Kumasi craft market. In retrospect, I should have bought a few more things there, but without the option of bargining with the shop keepers, it did not have much appeal to me at the time (knowing in Accra I could wheel and deal to my heart's content). Mom bought some nice baskets. And, we saw some fruit bats in the trees surrounding the shops.
After an unexpected morning of new experiences, it was time to head back towards our hotel for lunch.
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