To Kumasi!

In order to visit the cocoa farms in the central region, I left Thursday night for Kumasi. The rest of the group was coming up early Saturday morning, but Suzanne and I packed our bags and left immediately after class.

We stopped at Koala before going to the bus station and stocked up on the necessities: a loaf of bread, tea biscuits, snickers, and diced fruit. After a last visit to the ATM, we stuffed ourselves and our bags into a cab and said "STC (State Transport Company) bus to Kumasi, please."

We bought our tickets and boarded the green and white bus. With air-conditioning and movies, the five hour ride over dirt roads didn't seem too bad. Admittedly, the films were from Nollywood, the Nigerian Hollywood, meaning they were soap operas stretched to last one hour and fifteen minutes. But Final Kingdom 1 and 2 were enjoyable enough, and I did sleep through the other two.

We arrived in Kumasi at 11:30 and took a cab to our hotel. Our friend Sam had arrived at the hotel earlier and had already checked into our room. We were all exhausted and needed to get up early, but that didn't stop us from having a sleepover. We pushed the beds together, watched An Officer and a Gentleman on Sam's laptop, and stayed awake until 3:00 a.m. talking.