akosombo dam

it took about two hours to drive to the akosombo dam. the dam is huuuge! it's completely natural, being that it is made from rocks and sand, not concrete. the dam has created the largest land made lake in the world, volta lake. after touring the dam and taking tons of pictures, of course, we went to the continental hotel for lunch and to watch ghana play australia. after lunch we drove up to our real hotel, volta hotel, which is at the very top of a mountain near the dam. the view from the hotel was amazing! just stepping out onto the balcony of my room i could see all the surroundng hills, the volta lake and the akosombo dam.

at the hotel we found these huge centipedes. they were as long as my foot and about an inch across. they were so disgusting and everywheree. it was the first big bug that i've encountered so far.

we hung out by the pool for a while, it was great to get into water that wouldnt give us parasites, then went to dinner. there was a night club at the hotel so we decided to venture to that. it was hilarious. no one was there but us and there was a dj and strobe lights and dancing. good thing there were no ghanaians because our dancing was horrible.