{"id":313,"date":"2019-01-28T12:17:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T18:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/?p=313"},"modified":"2019-01-28T12:17:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T18:17:57","slug":"bojo-beach-accra-jan-27-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/2019\/01\/28\/bojo-beach-accra-jan-27-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Bojo beach, Accra, Jan 27, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blogpost for January 27, 2019<\/p>\n<p>After waking up in Accra at the Pink Hostel, we had a lovely breakfast of bread, hard-boiled eggs, fresh pineapple and mango, and a phenomenal potato dish prepared by the hostel. Those staying at The Guest House had<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>omelettes, fresh fruit, and toast for breakfast.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following breakfast, the majority of us took advantage of the beautiful day and put on our swimsuits to head to the top-rated beach in Accra, the Bojo beach.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-315\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/2A64FA08-5B7C-42E1-BEF7-EE6209E12C0F-300x69.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/2A64FA08-5B7C-42E1-BEF7-EE6209E12C0F-300x69.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/2A64FA08-5B7C-42E1-BEF7-EE6209E12C0F-150x34.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/2A64FA08-5B7C-42E1-BEF7-EE6209E12C0F-768x176.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/2A64FA08-5B7C-42E1-BEF7-EE6209E12C0F-1024x235.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/2A64FA08-5B7C-42E1-BEF7-EE6209E12C0F.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By midday, we arrived at the Bojo Beach Resort where we were taken by boat to a small island-beach where we were to spend the day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-316\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/DE58BA55-9CF0-4C4B-852C-45636688C817-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/DE58BA55-9CF0-4C4B-852C-45636688C817-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/DE58BA55-9CF0-4C4B-852C-45636688C817-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/DE58BA55-9CF0-4C4B-852C-45636688C817-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/DE58BA55-9CF0-4C4B-852C-45636688C817-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/DE58BA55-9CF0-4C4B-852C-45636688C817.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Immediately upon arrival, we rushed towards the ocean where we were met by the pleasant water and enjoyable waves to bodysurf and cool off from the beating Ghanaian sun.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-317\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/0726440F-0657-41FF-92C2-A72F85856FAA-e1548671606498-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/0726440F-0657-41FF-92C2-A72F85856FAA-e1548671606498-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/0726440F-0657-41FF-92C2-A72F85856FAA-e1548671606498-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/0726440F-0657-41FF-92C2-A72F85856FAA-e1548671606498-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/0726440F-0657-41FF-92C2-A72F85856FAA-e1548671606498-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/0726440F-0657-41FF-92C2-A72F85856FAA-e1548671606498.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After our ocean needs were met, we ordered a lunch of beef, chicken, and lamb kebabs, French fries, and meat pies. Though the food took an ungodly amount of time to arrive to our thatched-roof escape from the sun, it gave us an opportunity to explore the beach, watch a dozen local fishermen haul a fish net from the waves, boost our melanin, enjoy hearty conversation, and read books.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-318\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/89E89A71-DFCA-4120-9478-0E7EDDE0F2AC-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/89E89A71-DFCA-4120-9478-0E7EDDE0F2AC-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/89E89A71-DFCA-4120-9478-0E7EDDE0F2AC-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/89E89A71-DFCA-4120-9478-0E7EDDE0F2AC-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/89E89A71-DFCA-4120-9478-0E7EDDE0F2AC.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When our food finally arrived, we feasted quickly so that we could soon return to our beachly-activities. We then reclaimed our position among the waves and reveled in the luxury of the phenomenal scenery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-319\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/4E252B68-FEFA-4D3A-A8DA-E729288E7E29-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/4E252B68-FEFA-4D3A-A8DA-E729288E7E29-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/4E252B68-FEFA-4D3A-A8DA-E729288E7E29-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/4E252B68-FEFA-4D3A-A8DA-E729288E7E29-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/4E252B68-FEFA-4D3A-A8DA-E729288E7E29-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/4E252B68-FEFA-4D3A-A8DA-E729288E7E29.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-320\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/8BEE8BE0-3522-4AF7-BB3F-9A2FD4CCB493-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/8BEE8BE0-3522-4AF7-BB3F-9A2FD4CCB493-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/8BEE8BE0-3522-4AF7-BB3F-9A2FD4CCB493-150x112.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/8BEE8BE0-3522-4AF7-BB3F-9A2FD4CCB493-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/8BEE8BE0-3522-4AF7-BB3F-9A2FD4CCB493-1024x767.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/8BEE8BE0-3522-4AF7-BB3F-9A2FD4CCB493.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a great deal of coercion, the group finally convinced Kwabena, our driver, to rise from his nap in the sand and take to the water where he ultimately frolicked and splashed for over an hour.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/AB019A6E-E2D5-4014-8772-8DFC31B48A39-e1548672019950-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/AB019A6E-E2D5-4014-8772-8DFC31B48A39-e1548672019950-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/AB019A6E-E2D5-4014-8772-8DFC31B48A39-e1548672019950-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/AB019A6E-E2D5-4014-8772-8DFC31B48A39-e1548672019950-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/AB019A6E-E2D5-4014-8772-8DFC31B48A39-e1548672019950.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The time spent at the beach was an excellent way to spend our free day and we were incredibly grateful for the opportunity to sit back and relax for the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>For dinner, we returned to the Pink Hostel where we ate a beautiful meal of grilled chicken, rice with spicy green pepper sauce, and vegetable stew.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our first day in Accra was incredible after spending two days traveling from the Northern Region of Ghana all the way to the southern coast. We are looking forward to the remainder of our time in Accra but the looming knowledge that our time here is growing smaller every minute weighs heavy on our hearts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ty, Zeeba, Ben, and Katie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogpost for January 27, 2019 After waking up in Accra at the Pink Hostel, we had a lovely breakfast of bread, hard-boiled eggs, fresh pineapple and mango, and a phenomenal potato dish prepared by the hostel. Those staying at The Guest House had\u00a0 omelettes, fresh fruit, and toast for breakfast.\u00a0 Following breakfast, the majority of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/2019\/01\/28\/bojo-beach-accra-jan-27-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bojo beach, Accra, Jan 27, 2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}