The school organized a trip to the Kakum park, located in the environs of Cape-Coast. The participating students reported early at the school premises. After all the necessary arrangements were made, the bus took off at around the quarter of an hour to eight. In addition to all the comfort the bus provided, the students had the opportunity to cool themselves off with the presence of a video facility.

In the sight of the students were a number of important towns. Notable amongst them were: Mallam, Kasoa, Winneba as well as Apam. Even in spite of the slow movement of vehicular traffic experienced at Kasoa, the bus arrived at its destination after three and a half hours.

At the security check-point leading to the park, an official came aboard the bus took to note the number of persons present. That was a security measure to make sure that nobody got missing or was left behind. The bus came to a halt after moving a bit ahead , and all the students together with the few teachers accompanying them, made their way to the reception, where they were each given some number tags, again to ensure their safety.

Soon after that, the students were divided into five sections to get unto the canopy walkway. Many were those who swore never to visit the place again in their lifetime. Of course, they had every right to express their fright due to the fact that their lives were in the hands of unstable ropes dangling from tall trees several metres above the ground. A thought flashed through my mind about how the workers involved in the building of the walkway, had been able to get to that height.

The walk from the end of the canopy to the bus was a very long one. As many people had lost so much energy, there was an immediate necessity to bring out the lunch boxes. On the whole the trip was very successful and educational in the sense that the students also obtained knowledge about certain species of plants.

En route back to Accra, those who had long not visited their hometowns went the traditional way with some locally tapped “palm-wine”. The trip was one that any tourist would like to take for a second time, if only he or she has very little fear for height.

Written by Kobina Kwegyir- Aggrey

Students of Mayflower could not hide their joy when they visited Boti Falls in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

The excursion was organized by the school administration on the 12th of June, 2006. Before the journey began at about 8.00am, prayer was offered and teachers ensured that all necessary arrangement were executed before the bus took off. Students were very comfortable in the air-conditioned bus. They were also entertained with an action movie in the moving bus.

Even though vehicular traffic on the Accra-achimota road made us to move at a snails pace, we arrived at the fall at mid-day. Thinking that I was going straight to the fall for a quick swim, our guide had other things in mind. He informed us that we had to visit the umbrella rock and the three branched palm tree.

The trek to the umbrella rock was very difficult. Passing through the jungle to the rock made the trip even more exciting. When we arrived at the site, i couldn’t believe my eyes. How could such a big rock be held in place for a long time without tumbling down? I asked myself. Some of my classmates decided to climb to the apex for a group picture, I didn’t dare because I felt more bodies would shift the rock out of equilibrium.

After spending much time under and on top of the rock, our guide urged us to move to the three branched palm tree. We were all amazed at the site of the tree. Most of the students did not waste time in taking pictures. I was not left out

Descending back to the reception, my eyes caught the sight of the falls from the hillside. It was a beauty. Majority of the student darted down the hillside straight to the falls.

By the time I got to the fall, most students had removed their clothes and were swimming and having a nice time in the water. I felt like jumping out of my skin to feel the cold Boti water, I swam until the guide informed us it was time to go.

At about 3.00pm, we were all seated in our luxurious bus and as we departed back to school, we started to argue on which tourist site to visit next. The Boti falls is really an interesting place to visit. I would encourage all tourist who visit Ghana to make it a point to visit Boti falls.