Ceri writing...Well, here we are in Kumasi in the Ashante region of Ghana - famous for its Kente cloth. We arrived here on the bus from Cape Coast. So far, the bus company is living up to its motto of 'We will get you there alive!' Mum adds 'Praise the Lord'. The bus driver prayed before we departed and we had gospel music playing throughout the four hour journey. Today we took a taxi to Bonwire - a village about 20km from Kumasi where Kente cloth is woven. We watched the weavers at work. The cloth is woven in strips (about 10cm wide) and the strips are then sewn together. We saw a little boy, aged 2 and a half, trying to copy his father - sewing together the strips of cloth. On the way to / from Bonwire we passed through more rural areas - where cassava, plantain and yams are grown. It's amazing what people here carry on their heads - buckets of water, firewood, vegetables to sell in the villages, and in the towns items e.g. bread in glass boxes and even sewing machines. I've been practicing in the hotel room to walk with items on my head. So far I can carry two pillows without them falling off. I'm hoping that by the end of my time in Ghana, I will be able to carry my suitcase on my head, thus leaving my hands free to hand in my passport at the airport! Tomorrow we're off to Ougadougou (Burkina Faso) on the overnight bus, (16 hours). Let's hope the bus company continues to live up to its motto! In Ouagadougou we will meet Grace, my sponsored child. The Compassion staff in Ghana were SO keen to arrange the visit to Comfort, my sponsored child of two weeks, in Ghana. Sometimes people in the UK wonder 'Do the sponsored children really exist? Here, the Ghanain Compassion staff told us some of the children ask 'Does my sponsor really exist? Can there really be someone so far away who cares about me?' The Compassion staff told us that one mother even testified in church, after a visit, that the sponsors really do exist! Margaret chatting now ... A chicken has just walked into the Internet Cafe - then walked out again - there was no free computer for him/her!!! What Ceri did not mention in her chat to you was that today is her birthday - I don't think she has celebrated her birthday in the UK for many years. In the complex of our hotel, which is on the fourth floor of an office building, there are many offices, one of which is the Ghana Bible Society. Last night it was closed so we went along to it this morning only to find, peering through the dark window, that it was actually closed. Shame. We have just eaten at Vic Baboo cafe. Well, to look at it from the outside you would think that it had been derelict for many years - so we went in - me very reluctantly as you may guess (this place is recommended in our travel guide), and surprise, surprise, the food was really good. Just goes to show that you cannot judge a book by its cover. Well, as Ceri said, tomorrow we will be travelling overnight on a bus. This bus will be leaving at 5.00 pm - so probably no sleep for us, even though I am hoping there will be a little room for us to change into our jym-jams. What a joke !! HA HA HA. During this journey we will be crossing the border, so even if we manage to have a snooze we will be woken up to produce our passports to the officials and have our visas stamped. All for now friends. Many thanks for your comments, they make us feel you are travelling with us on this journey. Hey, guess what? There are now three chickens queuing up just outside the door, along with three goats - honest. We had better finish now to at least give them a sporting chance of using this computer!!!! (Blame it on the heat). Lots of love. Ceri and Margaret x