Lindsay Darnell

My Highlights

Buying homemade plantain chips, searching for ginger nuts, and eating ripe mangoes from the trees at Ashesi University during our lunch break...bargaining for batik in Makola Market and searching for the pineapple lady, who skillfully balanced a tray of the sweetest Cape Coast pineapples on her head...listening to live reggae on the beach, surrounded by the beauty of the night, intoxicated by the sounds of music and the waves crashing on the sand...lying around the bonfire at Coconut Grove, drinking fresh palm wine, and remembering the canopy walk over the rainforest earlier that day...riding my bike through Aburi Botanical Garden and taking pictures to send to my family, knowing it was impossible to truly capture the beauty and depth of what I was witnessing...traveling by bus to Togo for spring break, lounging by the piscine, bathing in the sun, making
friends, drinking Lebanese coffee, playing pool, and dancing
until the sun came up...constantly recognizing how lucky I was
to be living an traveling in West Africa, exploring different
cultures, interacting with people and sharing their traditions.