Crazy Monday

lots of comings and goings, WiFi not working for a while but here it is 1030 pm and finally I have pics downloaded to computer so can start to tell about the weekend

It was a Diocesan Youth Conference in Yeji, this town is on the Volta River
I think it is north of Kwadiokrom on the Volta River
Google says 4 1/2 hours to get there 264 km, roads are a challenge with 2 to 5 speed bumps in every
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town and village to keep the speeding down, it works or you wreck your shocks
great weather so being outside was the way to go

so the town of Yeji, it is a hub for road travel and it is on the river, so the river edge is a hive of activity.  I understand the weekly market is held there on Sunday, there is a boat that cross the river as there is no bridge at this point, it seemed to be full every time with people, goats, motorcycles and large packages of goods

fishing is a busy endeavor, below women are getting the fish off the boat, 

which looks like the dug out variety of boat

then they sort into types: something that looked like our cat fish, maybe 4 inches long, tilapia, and the rest I have no idea

 

 The creativity to make a living here never ceases to amaze me.....
below you see the yellow plastic (formerly containing oil, the cooking variety) there is a business that loads up a van with these containers full of water and the water is sold to a pig farmer as he has no water source.
sourcing water is a common issue as it is costly to put a bore hole in so you see people including kids walking along the road with large pans on their head bring water back from a stream

 below is the main street leading to the beach, this is Sunday when lots of folks are out shopping etc

weekend to be continued tomorrow