Friday was a bit more relaxing. We started the day with breakfast at 0800, which is later than our usual 0700 time. Afterwards, we boarded the bus and went to Labadi Beach for some fun in the sun. Too bad it was cloudy. Despite the clouds, there were a few cadets that got a little sun burned even though the escorts reminded them to put on sunscreen, but nothing too serious. After lunch at the beach, we went to a craft market so the cadets could practice their haggling skills and buy some souvenirs. They came back with lots of African masks and some other things. I had to go to the bank to change some travelers cheques so I missed the shopping time. Barclay's bank is the only bank that will change them and you require the receipt from when you purchased them to show where you bought them. Apparently there was a huge counterfeit travelers cheque bust in Ghana a little while back which is why it is so difficult now. My recommendation, if you ever go to Ghana, don't bring travelers cheques at all. After finding out there is only one bank that does this and figuring out the receipt requirement, it took well over an hour to get through the line and there were only four people ahead of me.
A bit of social time for the cadets in the evening and off to bed for a bit of an earlier start tomorrow.
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