The Purple Penguin

The conference happened and everything seemed to go well, even if it did run late. We had some excursions – one to Cape Coast Castle which was a little depressing but very interesting. We got a guided tour of the castle (more of a fort than a castle) with the slave dungeons and governor’s flat. But not a lot of time there before having to head back for a reception at the Vice Chancellor’s house. We also went out to Kakum Canopy walk which was very nifty. You start on a ridge and the rope bridges take you out over the valley so you end up quite high up. There were bird watchers on the furthermost platform watching what they said was a harrier eagle; I got a quick glimpse of it flying off (typical!) but then had to rejoin my group. We pretty much turned up and did the canopy walk then back to the campus so we could get ready to go out for the conference dinner.

Dinner was at Coconut Beach which was very nice. We had traditional music and a band from the university (will have to update when I get the proper spellings for the names! Quite a famous Ghanaian musician was there). Had a lovely time though the sound system wasn’t very good. We kept wishing they’d turn off the speakers (loads of feedback) and just let the band play!

All checked in for the flight (checked in on line) but not leaving Cape Coast until later this afternoon. Ready to go now as there isn’t anything happening. We’re in the office using the internet connection. Off to join Joe in Amsterdam where hopefully be able to blog more reliably! But definitely must come back to Ghana – if only to really see that harrier eagle!