Its been almost six months since I have written an article on my blog. Well the title of this post says it all… It can’t be all work and no play… While at microStart I was always working and if I wasn’t working I was volunteering for a greater cause. Not that there is any problem with that but sometimes its time for a break and relax a bit. Around May I set up my financial inclusion consultancy and went to research the Ghanian microfinance market
Besides work I decided to explore Ghana. Before going to Ghana, I had already explored Instagram and identified what I wanted to see in Ghana. I had seen pictures of people next to very tall palm trees.
Aburi Gardens is a botanical garden in Aburi in Eastern region of South Ghana occupying an area of 64.8 hectares. It opened in March, 1890. Aburi garden was the official site of a sanatorium and later a botanical department built in 1875 for Gold Coast government officials. Apparently the gardens played an important role in encouraging cocoa production and rubber production Ghana, by supplying cheap cocoa seedlings and information about scientific farming methods.
I entered the gardens with our car and parked in the assigned parking spaces and decided to first devour my packed lunch. Oh I had a blast sipping on juices enjoying nature. The gardens aren’t completely clean either, However I loved seeing the trees. They are incredibly old and beautiful. Dead trees had beautiful carvings and I did take my picture next to the old helicopter. It did have a big pile of poo in there! I just hope it was from an animal and not from a human being as flies were swarming all over the place. I took a quick picture like nothing happened. Snap :) I enjoyed the cocoa trees - I had never seen one before and was looking for the double tree. Apparently there was a tree that was inside another tree that you could go inside. Lots of children came to beg s but one kid said I will be your guide so I agreed. He wasn’t able to give me a lot of information but he did bring me to the double tree. I bought him some ice cream as a reward and told him to read the information boards on the tree and when I come back; he should be a supreme guide. He loved his ice cream and happily ran off. From there I made it way back to Accra in order to prepare for another trip.
On the next planning is the Slave Castle, unfound waterfalls, a canopy bridge and a hike… See you on the next post and I am back with more R&R & work information. Together we strive for a better world.
In love and back in business.
Francine or aka Team Chandine ;)
