When you get the opportunity, travel! Says a therapist, Dr Wright and any other one there is.
There is no better way to destress than in the company of like-minded and equally “tensioned” colleagues just craving same.
And in the West African haven of Ghana, the Volta Region pulls one of the biggest numbers for tourism, owing to its mountainous and rural-based communities which give patrons the escape from the 360 speed of city life.
The obvious destinations, of course, is the twin site of the highest mountain in the country Afadja and the highest waterfall in Ghana and West Africa, Wli Falls.
And these were among the top choices for the FollowWhoKnowROAD team, a group of University of Ghana Law students when they decided to tour the region after eight months of intense academic activity.
The two-day package was put together by leaders of the campaign team led by political strategist, journalist and Communications Specialist, Kabu Nartey who pulled off an intensive run for the presidency of the University of Ghana Law Students Union.
The team went through a shortened semester which already took a toll on them and an appreciation of their efforts was needed to climax the year.
And so on September 5, the bus took off from the premier law faculty; the first stop was the Eastern Region towns of Atimpoku and Akosombo.
The host took the tourists to the Dodi Princess where they were taken on a tour of the ferry.
The second tour was to the Akosombo Dam which powers the country’s foremost hydroelectric power generation site and then to Akosombo Port
The big one for the day was taking a boat ride on the largest man-made lake in the world, Lake Volta.
The ride, the music, perceiving the Adomi Bridge from a different angle while cruising beneath it on the lake with the night lights illuminating it and hitting on the calm water is an experience any intending tourist should add to their itinerary.
After the boat cruise, the team was beaten! All they could do was to retire to their hotel, the BB Tributary Hotel whose budget-friendly rates but standard conditions make it a go-to for young travelers.
You’d think the travelers would retire to their rooms after supper, but the day was far from being exhausted.
A bonfire was blazing by 11:00pm and the tourists, most of whom were anticipating their first Volta Region experience the next day, gathered around the inferno to re-live the old days of telling stories by the fire side’.
Music, games, dancing and more music kept playing in the otherwise serene country community even after midnight and only in the early hours of September 6 would the travelers retire to rest for the long day ahead where they hope to conquer the peak of Mountain Afadja and add their names to the selected few who have experienced the highest point of the sub-region.
