Thursday, June 3, 2010

Kintampo Waterfalls, The King's Palace, Some parts of Kumasi...

Kintampo Waterfalls...
         There was nothing as beautiful as watching the waterfalls. It was great seeing a large number of children who were excited to cool off from Ghana's humid weather.


The Asante Tribe : King's Palace...
       The Asante is one of the tribes in Ghana, and their king's palace is located in Kumasi (which is about five hours away from Accra, the city). The king's palace and abode was right behind the palace museum. The previous king had formerly lived in the palace museum, which now contains important antiques. All the items in the king's palace museum included the past culture of the Asante people. The refrigerator used in the palace had been there for over twenty years...


Some other places in Kumasi...
               I visited a place where people wove fabrics with a hand made weaving machine. It usually took weeks or even months to weave yards of these fabrics, and so the end products of the fabrics were very expensive. I actually tried weaving a piece of fabric with the machine... It was an exciting experience. It was quite laborious but fun all the same.