On the weekend we went to stay overnight at a lake about an hour away - Lake Bosomtwe. Warren thought he might like it because it had "bosom" in the name! Do men never get past the teenage boy stage?!!
Lake Bosomtwe was formed by a meteorite crashing into the earth millions of years ago so is almost perfectly round, and apparently is the freshest water in West Africa because it is only supplied by rainwater. Apparently you can swim in it and it doesn't have any germs like bilharzia, worms, leeches etc - personally I wouldn't risk it still!
We stayed at a hotel called Lake Bosomtwe Paradise Resort which was..... disappointing! Perhaps I shouldn't have had such high expectations, but it was really no more than 1 or 2 star standard. It had nice gardens at the lakeside, but there were so many midgies and bugs that we couldn't sit out there, so had to stay in our less than average room watching 1980's movies on the one channel we could get.
There were some positives to our stay however:
They made really good hot chips.
The soap in the bathroom was Lux - which reminded me of when we were kids, and mum would always buy the cheapest soap in the supermarket in bulk, but occasionally she would buy Lux (probably when it was on special!) and it was a big treat to use Lux soap! So the smell reminded me of that, and I thought we were getting our little bit of luxury with Lux soap. Funnily enough, Warren said his mum did exactly the same thing!
We bought a nice wood carving from a rastafarian artist in the town - who was drunk at 10.00 in the morning! But very entertaining.
The bed was enormous - it was two doubles joined together, so we didn't have to touch each other all night ;-)
Which brings me to yet another piece of roadside advertising - this time "Latex Foam Honeymoon Mattresses - your partner for life". Just beautiful...
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