As I told you previously, we went on a trip to Togo and to the Volta Region of Ghana. Ghana is separated by regions, like a state is separated by counties. The volta region is said to be the most beautiful of all the regions. We took a tro tro (public transportation by minivan buses) to the town of Hohoe (pronounced hohwe), with only one breakdown along the way, to check into our hotel. We immediately left for the village of Fesi which is just outside the village of Kpandu (pronounced pandu). These women make and fire all the pottery there and it's just a nice laidback environment. We then returned to the hotel to eat and just in time. A huge storm came and knocked out the power in the town many times throughout the night.
After eating dinner and the rains subsided, these snails came out. They were huge!
Rachel made a special friend at the potters. the lady helped Rachel to make her own tine pot with a lid (in Rachel's left hand) and then dashed her a little turtle.
When we pulled up to the pottery spot, Rachel saw the kids and said "oh boy, they have kids here for me to play with!" It didn't take her long to get right in there with them. She's making her little pot with all the kids watching.
This is one lady using water to mold a handle onto her vase or tea pot
This is another lady using a tool to carve designs into her pot.
it was all really beautiful and man o man! If I had the money and means to haul the huge pots home for potting plants I would! they would never make it though. I bought a few odds and ends and will just hope that they make it home in one piece. 
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