{"id":2634,"date":"2012-11-27T12:26:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T17:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsuenglish.wordpress.com\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2018-11-09T17:06:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T22:06:07","slug":"jessica-berg-reflects-on-her-travels-during-a-semester-abroad-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2012\/11\/27\/jessica-berg-reflects-on-her-travels-during-a-semester-abroad-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Berg Reflects on her Travels During a Semester Abroad in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This past October, English student Jessica Berg <a href=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/12\/jessica-berg-blogs-about-her-study-abroad-experience-in-ghana-part-one\/\">contributed a two-part post<\/a> in which she discussed her experience studying abroad in Ghana, especially her experiences at the University of Ghana. In her latest blog post, Jessica discusses the difficulties and pleasures she has encountered while traveling in Ghana. Continue below to read about Jessica&#8217;s travels and the type of educational experiences she is having outside of the classroom. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2635\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/pa180535.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2635\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2635\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/pa180535.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100147\/pa180535.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100147\/pa180535-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100147\/pa180535-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100147\/pa180535-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100147\/pa180535-933x700.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">*Photo provided by Jessica Berg<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the three months I\u2019ve been in Ghana, I\u2019ve accumulated a fine collection of bizarre and hilarious stories, most of which involve travelling.\u00a0 Getting almost anywhere in Ghana can seem like an ordeal to someone who\u2019s used to driving her own car, but it\u2019s rewarding in its own way.\u00a0 Although it can take days of mental preparation to work up the energy for a long trip outside of Accra, and occasionally things go wrong in stupid ways, all of my experiences have been positive.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure attitude has a lot to do with that, but I also think that there is a sense of adventure here that I\u2019ve never found anywhere else, which adds an element of awesome to everything, pleasant or not.\u00a0 It\u2019s liberating to set out knowing that at the end of the day, even though you\u2019re sweaty, exhausted, and sometimes broke, you\u2019ll have had an amazing experience.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll use one of my favorite experiences here so far to illustrate my point.\u00a0 There is a wildlife sanctuary east of Accra called Shai Hills, which offers hikes to caves and waterfalls and boasts a small population of baboons.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a popular destination for the international students around our dorm, so two friends and I decided to plan a day trip there on a free Friday.\u00a0 We began asking around for directions, and we learned that, while most of our friends encouraged us to go, they all warned us against stopping to change trotros in a particular town outside Shai Hills.\u00a0 Apparently, it is a place notorious for robberies and assaults.\u00a0 We took this to heart and decided to find a way to Shai Hills without changing trotros.\u00a0 When we got to the trotro station, which is a muddy lot on the outskirts of a market packed with the rickety, box-like minibuses that Ghanaians call trotros, we started asking around for a trotro directly to Shai Hills.\u00a0 Ghanaians at trotro stations are extremely helpful, and after a few confused exchanges, we were herded into a trotro and told to get off at the last stop.<\/p>\n<p>If I had been placed on a trotro without knowing the name of its final destination when I first arrived to Ghana, I would have been terrified, but having been here some months, we decided to shrug it off and hope it was going where we wanted it to go.\u00a0 One sweaty, hour-long trotro ride later, we arrived to a town called Dodowa, which is one of the closest towns to Shai Hills.\u00a0 We counted this as an achievement and allowed the trotro mate to call us a taxi.\u00a0 He talked with the driver, and when we asked the price, they responded, \u201cfour-fifty.\u201d\u00a0 We took this to mean four cedis, fifty pesewas, which is about two American dollars, a perfectly reasonable price for a nearby destination.\u00a0 We agreed.\u00a0 After the first half hour on an uneven dirt road, we started to question the price.\u00a0 After the second half hour, we knew that either the price was quoted too low or that the taxi driver was a particularly generous man.\u00a0 When we arrived at Shai Hills and tried to offer him four cedis, fifty pesewas, he laughed and corrected us, asking for forty-five cedis, roughly twenty dollars.\u00a0 Had we taken a trotro, we could have made the trip for less than five dollars, but it was too late to refuse payment, so we gave him the money and shrugged it off.\u00a0 At least no one had stolen our purses.<\/p>\n<p>After we had negotiated prices and met our guide, we started on the shortest hike, which was estimated to take an hour.\u00a0 We were to hike up a large hill, down into a valley, across the valley to another small mountain, up the mountain, and down into a cave that had served as the historical home of a tribe that now lived in the nearby villages.\u00a0 When we began our trek, it was hot and sunny.\u00a0 By the time we had reached the valley, it was becoming cloudy, and it began to sprinkle.\u00a0 As we walked across the valley, the rain started pouring down, and we were drenched as we climbed the mountain.\u00a0 But it seemed as though the rain would stop, and our guide assured us that the sun would come soon.\u00a0 The clouds in the distance promised something else, however, and by the time we had reached the cave, a powerful thunderstorm was rolling overhead, blackening the sky and dropping sheets of rain onto us.\u00a0 We waited in the cave for an hour while the worst passed, not wanting to venture into the open savanna of the valley while lightning was still a threat, and it was still sprinkling when we emerged.<\/p>\n<p>The trek back was muddy and wet, and we finished our projected hour-long hike in just over three hours.\u00a0 This was probably the first time during my entire stay in Africa I complained of being cold, and we were all relieved when a nice taxi driver offered to give us a lift to a major trotro station for a reduced price.\u00a0 We arrived back at our dorm at four in the afternoon, having not eaten anything since breakfast except crackers in the cave, so we ate dinner, showered, and went to bed early.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2640\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/pa180519.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2640\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/pa180519.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100145\/pa180519.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100145\/pa180519-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100145\/pa180519-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100145\/pa180519-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/10100145\/pa180519-933x700.jpg 933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">*Photo provided by Jessica Berg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For a lot of people, this experience would have been awful.\u00a0 Almost everything that could have gone wrong went wrong.\u00a0 I ruined a good pair of pants, and the sketchpad I carry sustained major water damage.\u00a0 But despite the discomfort and the unexpected twists, I couldn\u2019t have asked for a better trip.\u00a0 Seeing the storm roll across the valley from the top of a mountain was unlike anything I will ever see again, and hanging out in a cave listening to peals of thunder was strangely surreal.\u00a0 Many people I know have been to Shai Hills, but none of them have seen it like I\u2019ve seen it, and that\u2019s rather exhilarating.\u00a0 Yes, it was a difficult, exhausting, and often frustrating trip, but I wouldn\u2019t hesitate to do it again.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad for my stay here for giving me the patience and open-mindedness to be receptive to experiences like these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past October, English student Jessica Berg contributed a two-part post in which she discussed her experience studying abroad in Ghana, especially her experiences at the University of Ghana. 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