Day 6 - 5th October - Koforidua to Begoro

It was a slightly later start from the hotel leaving at 8am which was very welcome given the earlier starts each day since arriving in Ghana.  The hotel was very comfortable and breakfast was particularly filling which was good to stock up on fuel for the day ahead.

Rob should you really be parking your bike there?

We left the hotel and threaded our way again through Koforidua which was waking up and busy with local traffic and we retraced part of the route from the day before.  

As we left Koforidua we came across a large number of school children singing and playing drums with banners encouraging parents to send their children to school.  It was an amazing, colourful and joyful sight, the children with beaming smiles and we stopped and watched for a while as the procession passed by.

The route then opened up into very lush farm land with crops being grown on either side of the road which was rolling hills on tarmac and some dirt tracks.

  

On the route we stopped at Boti Falls which is a local waterfall and the sound of the water crashing from the top (approx 200 feet) was very loud and was a very picturesque spot.  Some of our group were very brave and took the plunge into the water to cool down under close supervision!. 

Our new Swedish friends Hands, Fredrik and Anders enjoying the Boti waterfall:

After 30 kilometres we stopped for a water and snack stop and had a chance to visit the local sellers.  We again met lots of local school children who loved having their photo taken and seeing themselves. We also chatted to a group of women processing maize for food.

We cycled for another 20 kilometres before lunch which was our longest so far and enjoyed another great lunch from Peter our chief.  Our lunch consisted of fish, chips and coleslaw followed by upside down pineapple cake.   Just what we needed given the many hills we had climbed and to prepare us for the final climb into the hill top town of Begoro.

This was very long with another 14 kilometres before arriving at the "Kitkat Club" for refreshments and we were going to have a demonstration from a local farmer on Cocoa production.  Unfortunately there was a huge thunderstorm and the heavens opened which meant this had to be postponed.

Instead our lead rider Kobby and Ben from our support team entertained us with their African street dance.  Patricia and Georgina were "volunteered" to join in!

We covered 64 kilometres today and we climbed over 3,800 feet in total!!!

In total we have ridden nearly 300 kilometres now and have 1 and half days riding ahead before we reach Kwahu-Tafo.