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Aburi Hills

LESSONS I LEARNED FROM A HIKE
Lorraine Onduru
achievable in a matter of minutes.
For a Kenyan who could only get
hospitable nature of Ghanaians. a feel of the sand in my feet after
Everywhere I turned, it seemed much planning and travelling to
A f y e ars the officials at the airport, to my I made it my aim to experience
that all I heard was Akwaaba, the
Mombasa, this was quite a treat.
Twi word for “welcome”. From
w
e
as much as I could while I was in
apartment
building
manager,
Accra. One of the experiences that
ago,
to colleagues at work and the
A c c r a,
stood out to me was a hike to Aburi
welcoming committee at church-
G hana
from the beginning, let me say that
was the
Ghana” all with a smile to go along
I am not the sporty type. Not in
plac e I repeatedly heard: “Welcome to Hills in the Eastern Region. Right
I called home thanks to an with it. any way, shape or form. That may
assignment from my place of change depending on where and
work. It’s always a little difficult to What I absolutely loved was what God takes me through, but
answer the question, “what was it the daily treat of experiencing for now, this is where things stand.
like living in Ghana?”, but one thing different aspects of nature without However, I call out this experience
that is clear to me is that it was going out of my way to do so. In as it taught me a number of
designed to reveal to me several the east, there are a range of hills important lessons that still remain
aspects of myself- capabilities and in the south, the coastal plain with me to this day.
that I didn’t know were inside of is crossed by several rivers and
me, as well as weaknesses that streams, generally navigable only So on one Saturday morning, I
needed to be addressed. by canoe. Accra is situated along went with my friends for a hike up
One of the things that stood out the Atlantic coast, which means Aburi Hills. We got to the base of
to me from the beginning was the that access to the beach was the hills and started the ascent.
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