First of all, words cannot describe how beautiful Kumasi actually is. It is about a 4 hour drive from Accra through mountains and the most beautiful greenery, it's so hard to pay attention to anything but the amazing landscape.
First thing this morning, we went to the Okomfo Anokye sword site, which relates to the king's palace that we visited yesterday. Essentially, legend has it that the first Ashanti king buried the sword in the ground and it cannot be removed or the Ashanti dynasty will collapse and turmoil will ensue if someone is able to do so. It was cool to put a visual to something we learned about yesterday.
We went back to the cultural arts center today too and I finally finished gift shopping for everyone (including myself, although its going to be a challenge to not buy anything else. I love everything!). I liked this cultural arts center much better than the one we've gone to in Accra only because I felt like I wasn't being attacked by every shop owner. The people seemed much nicer to us "obrunis".
As for last night, it was a blast and break that we absolutely needed. The manager hooked us up and we essentially got to have our own private party by the pool. Everyone just got to let loose, and I think everyone needed that badly.
I am writing this on the bus back to Accra now, and I have my fingers crossed that we still will get to make it to the fantasy coffin workshop today because I've honestly been looking forward to it since my first night here. But if it doesn't happen today, I will make it happen before I leave in 9 days!
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