This is the name of the first village I stayed at, the most remote but also the one I liked the best.There is one place where most houses are gathered around but in a proximity of maybe 1 km there are several enclaves where a few huts are situated between forest patches and cocoa farms. In one of these the family of Richard, my field guide for this place, lives and they let me stay in one of their rooms.

It is a tough life that they are leading but it also had its charms to me. The day starts with the sunrise around 5.30 am and the first thing to do is the sweeping of the whole place to clean away the dirt from the chicken but also to ensure that the vegetation does not claim back the space. Second (or simultaneously, for everyone is involved) is to fetch water from a hole around 200 m inside the cocoa farms. This is used for everything: drinking, cooking, washing. For a spoilt foreigner as myself, drinking the water would probably lead to serious health issues, but the people here are used to it.
The cooking is done outside or in the kitchen hut over fire. The typical stove is a construction made out of clay with three humps that allow a space in the middle to put firewood and are just far enough from each other to clamp a pot in between over the flames.

My days there started at the same time, but besides my own room I was not involved in the sweeping. And after a short breakfast and shower I set off with Richard by 6.30 am to do my work at the farms. The rest of my days was spent in the shadow of a palm tree on the edge of the enclave. Reading, studying or washing clothes and occasionally conducting an interview with a farmer.

It was a very peaceful time there. Without electricity, besides on some evenings when the generator was brought to life. Then there was also television, an indian series is very famous, it's even translated  into Twi.
And with a basic toilet and shower, which was new to me, but easily manageable. The toilet is very clean, a hole in the ground in a small hut a bit away from the others. The shower is a bucket with water that you take with you inside a wooden  square with mid-height partitions. It was strange at the beginning, but then, what more do you need? It was interesting to realise with how little water you can get clean compared to the amount that runs over your body when using a shower in Germany.The days end with sundown. Then the mosquitos become even more annoying and also, there is no light and latest by 7 pm it is dark. The side effect of that was the sky. I never saw that many stars in my life. It is amazing how bright the night sky can be if your eyes are not disturbed by other light sources. I didn't have to look out for the milky way but it was just there, obviously and not to be missed. That was an overwhelming moment which made me think about how much beauty of nature we miss out on by our own doing...