This morning we headed back towards where we had our naming ceremony, but this time our destination was Krobo. The first stop was to the Global Mamas office there, the one that focuses on bead making. That office didn't feel quite as joyful and awesome as the cape coast one though. But it was a rainy day, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt! It was raining so we had to trek through thick, sticky, slippery mud to get back to the thatch roof hut where the bead making was done, but it was all in good fun. Learning about the process and then getting to make our own recycled glass beads was awesome! It was kind of a long process, but I loved that we all just kind of got to hang out leisurely, talk, and eat delicious bananas. And the beads turned out so cute!!
We ended up getting back to the hotel around 4:30 or so and relaxed until dinner, another bittersweet affair. After dinner the FM girls plus Brennan (officially dubbed one of us) all hung out and worked on a card for Awuku and Francis while getting ready to go out. We met up with Pebbles and Inka and club +233, a really amazing jazz club that was just a couple minutes walk from our hotel. I spent the night talking with Inka, Katie, and Leyla. Inka had a lot of great advice for all of us and spending the night listening to awesome live music and having one last go with our Ghanaian friends was a great finish to our time here.
(I wore my dress by Ginatu, and she happened to be in the lobby on our way out. She loved it! That made me super happy.)
Tomorrow is the last day and we'll be heading to the airport in the afternoon. Sad but also sort of content with what we've done here and with the fact that this experience is truly ending.
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