Kwamang visit this past weekend

This past weekend I traveled to a town called Kwamang. It is about 45 minutes drive from my house in Oyoko. I went to the palace and met the parmount chief of that town. I also visited the cave, which is a tourist type attraction.

The cave is about a 10 minute drive outside of the town. We parked the car on the side of the road, and had to trek into the bush for another 10 minutes or so on foot. Before going to the cave, we had to purchase "schnapps". I know I have talked about Schnapps before... and as tradition goes, to see the chief requires a bottle and going into the cave requires another. We arrived at the cave entrance and our guide, who is called "Fire" said a prayer and poured libation on a rock at the entrance. I don't know what he said as it was all in Twi, but after the prayer he took a shot, and the rest of the group also had to take a shot before entering. Later I found out, that I could have declined, but... I was trying to follow suite. The only light source we have is a flashlight. One flashlight. Fire led the way. Many areas of the cave have low ceilings, so you had to crouch down to pass. There is a small stream that passes through one of the tunnels, and we had to cross that as well. I took many pictures, unfortunately I can't paste them as the internet is taking too long to load the pics today. The entire cave was full of bats. Small bats everywhere hanging from the ceilings and walls. They would fly at your head.... ahhh it was gross. At the opposite end of the cave there is a small spring. I drank the water from it, it was amazing. Tasted just like bottled spring water at home!! haha.