Tamale

We awoke and drove about another 5 hours north to Tamale. As soon as we dropped off our bags we went to this shop, owned by Margaret who is Kate and Luuk's friend. We got quite a bit from here. She had some beautiful cloth that she dyed and stamped herself.

After some shopping we then went to watch some drummers and dancers perform. They were awesome!
This man is known as the'HOT' guy by the girls. finely tuned and chiseled. I think Craig even enjoyed watching him.
At the end they had all the paying guests (there were a ton of villagers there just watching for fun) get up and dance a simple step around the floor.

The only other thing I want to note about Tamale is that while eating breakfast at the guesthouse, we were watching the BBC news. They shared some news from the US and the one that I want to comment on is that they said the fastest growing holiday market is for dogs (or other pets I'm sure). They even interviewed a woman who worked at a dog apparel shop. She said that when the dogs come in we let them pick out their own clothes because they enjoy picking out their clothes just as much as we do! We were a little ashamed to say the least. It was hard to witness the shocked looks on the faces of the other non-american guests because hey there are so many homeless and starving people here, yet in the states people are spending loads of moola on animals. Just a thought.