My Little Story

The most unlikely best day ever: We woke up soooo early. By 6am we were awake and getting ready to leave. It was only the three of us, Maeve, Supriya, and I, who decided we wanted to go to the waterfall. And although we were ready by seven the driver didn’t arrive until 10am. But it was ok! We piled into the back, Roland sat in the front with the driver, Maeve put on her tunes, and we were on the way. On the drive over we bought sugar cane from a woman on the road, saw a money on the back of a truck, and drove past a mango grove. We rocked out to Adele, Mitski, and Kenny Rogers. As we left Greater Accra we turned onto a road that was heavily washed away by the rain. It felt like a roller coaster going over some of those bumps and turns, but the car survived. This is when we started asking for directions. Every half an hour we would stop and ask the way to Wli Waterfalls. And six hours later, we finally arrived. Roland had jollof rice for us and we ate dinner on a bench in a grove of trees. I fed my chicken skin to a stray dog and Maeve had a local worker catch a chicken so she could hold it. After eating we hiked for about 30 minutes to the waterfall. It was beautiful. We walked in the water, took beautiful pictures, and skipped rocks. And then, right as the sun was going down, thousands of bats started flying around in the sky. It was beautiful. We got back to the car right as it was starting to get dark and started our trek home. This time there was no rocking out to music or munching on crackers. There was just sitting and sleeping and quiet chatting. Around 11pm we finally got home. The day was long and a majority of it was spent in the car, but it was one of the best days on the entire trip. It was magical to see the bats and the waterfall. It was a privilege to get to see another part of Ghana, the Volta region and volta lake. It was so fun spending the day with Maeve and Supriya and Roland. It was the most unlikely best day ever.