In the Volta Region I found the Ghana I've been looking for. Peki ("Pecky") is a tropical paradise. Mangoes grow all over naturally. Palm trees stand out against mist-shrouded rich green hills. I even found someone to go jogging with me. As we started down the road, I got the usual surprised and excited reactions from people who were not used to seeing people like me. The town looked like some other towns I'd been to here. Then we turned off to a more remote road. I guess I had longed for quiet nature and clean air, because I was in awe of the clean smells and wild looking fields. The sun set and the lights hadn't come on yet, so we ended up running back through the town in the dark. I could only see a few little flames and maybe a battery powered light or two here and there. Then I noticed what looked like a little ember from a cigarette in the grass. It went out as I got close to it. Then I noticed another somewhere else. Fireflies were another thing I hadn't seen in a while. We got back just in time for a thunderstorm to begin. I hope to make it back to Peki and spend a few days there before leaving Ghana. Although many see Ghana as a "poor" country, it's hard to use that adjective in Peki. Perhaps it has a small commercial economy, but how can you call a place poor that God has made so rich? Were Adam and Eve poor because they didn't have iPods?
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