We opted for he guided tour, and the group we were with was half black and half white. None of us even picked up on this until the tour was underway, we were standing in a dungeon used to house slaves, and a black man angrily started asking the guide questions and heavily implying white guilt. It was a really interesting tour, and by the end of it he seemed to have warmed to us slightly. He insisted on this photo being taken: I got off lightly with him just holding my arm. I initially thought he wanted me to sit on his lap.
After the tour we tried to get a taxi to take us to Hanns Cottage, which is where we stayed on Saturday night. In Ghana approximately 80% of cars are taxis (seriously) so you just stand by the road, stick out your arm, and something will come hurtling along pretty quickly. 3 cars pulled over and quickly realised we needed a maximum of 2. They all started shouting at us, and then each other, so we jumped into the ones which were charging 20-40 cedi, not the one which wanted 800. We got to Hanns cottage and were pleasantly surprised. The accommodation is not dissimilar to Fespa, but there's a pool, a bar, functional wifi and we don't have to walk down an unlit donkey track to have dinner. One of the major features of Hanns cottage are the crocodiles which are apparently 'friendly' and tolerate being stroked. I've never seen a crocodile off their tits on midazolam before, but I'm fairly certain I did today. They were laying with their mouths wide open, and so still we questioned if they were even real. Every now and then they would have a myoclonic jerk, but otherwise were completely unresponsive to noise, touch or movement. We kept asking the lady who 'looks after' the crocodiles if they had been sedated but she said "no, they're just sleepy because I've fed them a big chicken". Sounds legit.
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