Amidst the hectic search for site and constant brain storming we were invited by Mr. Wise for a weekend at his home town, Fadome in the Volta region, east of Ghana; which we accepted with at most delight. Then started a memorable day in Ghana, with a wake up at 3, to get ready by 4 in the morning, leading to a 5 hour tiring journey through exiting landscapes; then having a great homemade lunch at Wise’s place, before starting to a 600m high exhilarating waterfalls, which lead to a exhaustive mountain climb, extending forever, finally getting us to an enchanting bath. Last by not the least a tiring journey back home for a great dinner and a quite place to sleep. The next morning we got up at 6 and took a stroll through the village, seeing exited people and merry kids shouting obruni where ever we went. It was an important day for Fadome, when 8 of their chiefs and the paramount chief were going to meet in order to resolve their difference with the presence of UNDP and a lot of distinguished delegates. With another exhaustive mountain climb, this time the highest in West Africa we made it back to the ceremonial meeting almost at its final stages. With a lot of happy people dancing around we did our best to merge with the crowd, dancing around a group playing drums. Then fixing an appointment with Mr.Clever from UNDP we made our way back home having talks about the village and its various architectural aspects. The next day we had another early rise, this time at 4 to start back to Accra.
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