Ada Foah

Ada Foah (pronounced ahh daa not a da) is a town that is located where the mouth of the Volta River meets the Atlantic ocean.  We had a couple of days in between meetings and did not want to take the 12 hour bus ride up north just to turn around the day we got back, so we took a little vacation to Ada Foah. There is a whole series of towns that start with the name Ada, such as Ada Kaasa and Big Ada. Ada Foah is a little bit different than Ada Oklahoma. Last time we checked Ada ok did not have a fishing village or coconut trees. We stayed at a beach camp in a little bamboo hut with sand floors and a thatched roof.

This is the view from our front door. The camp is located on a skinny peninsula not even 100 yards wide. we could look one way and see the Volta river/Ada estuary and then turn the other way and see the Atlantic Ocean.

 

The first night we were there it got a little chilly, so we had to wrap up in our 2 yards.

  For dinner we ate coconut banku with tomato sauce.  It was awesome, although it doesn’t look all that appealing.    We spent the rest of our time swimming hiking around, and watching birds.  We saw four new species of birds.  That puts us at over 125 species! When we weren't active we just lounged around in the sun and drank a few drinks, including so local rum that was made from sugarcane. We bought it off a Rasta. It was not the best drink, it could also be used to strip paint. Jennifer refused to drink it.