Independence Day in Ghana is on March 6th. Since the office was closed, we went with Elder and Sister Stoker to see the Aburi Botanic gardens in Aburi, a village about ninety minutes north of Accra. It was cloudy as we left but we soon had rain. It was still raining when we arrived but we decided to pay the ten cedis each and check it out. We had one umbrella for each couple. Not enough.
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| Elder Smith with Elder and Sister Stoker |
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| Robert at the "carved tree" |
This tree is no longer alive and someone has spent a great deal of time carving every available space.
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| Pathway through the gardens |
We didn't see many flowers but everything looked green and --wet. The gardens were built by the British and Aburi was a retreat from the heat of Accra, which is much lower in altitude and hotter.
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| Ficus Tree |
This Ficus tree grew up and around another tree. Eventually the other tree died, leaving the Ficus standing with a hollowed out center where the original tree rotted away. Who knew a little Ficus could do that? The sign calls it the Strangler Ficus Tree.
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| The Canteen Menu |
We decided to pass on eating at the Canteen. West African food has not turned out to be our favorite.
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| Beautiful Lilies |
After we thoroughly soaked our feet and some of our clothes, we decided we would have to come back on a drier day. We ate lunch on the way home at a Turkish restaurant and enjoyed our time with the Stokers. The restaurant is named "DNR". Doesn't that strike fear into you medical types!
