Friday afternoon for part of our date time, my wife and I went into the Central Market of Kumasi, also know as Kejetia. Kejetia is the largest open air market in Africa. It cover over 3 square miles of land. The picture that is seen below is just one of the transport station at the market. If a person wants to, they can get a car to almost anywhere in Ghana from this spot. (sorry the panoramic picture is so small, the blog will not allow it to be any bigger).
(If you click on the picture it will pull up bigger in another screen)Here are a few ladies from a market in down town Kumasi. They where very gracious and allowed me the opportunity to take their pictures.
This are some of the spices and medicines that can be found in the market. Almost anything that a person wants, can be found in the market. (That is if they sale it in Ghana). In the following picture there are two spices that I want the reader to take note of, the first is a purple red flower. It is used to make a local juice called Sobolow, it is much like Kool-Aid. It is very read, and most churches that do not use wine, use this flower to make the drinks for the Lord's Supper. Patty and I bought about 2 ghana cedies worth. This gave us a nice large bag, that should last the future church a long time. Also in the middle of the pictures, about 2/3 of the way up, a person can see a grey blue bucket. If a person looks closely they will notice that it is filled with dried chameleons. These are used for local medicine and also at times, ju-ju.
Here are other spices. Some are used for making a black eyed pea recipe called Waakye. Others are MSG, salt, white pepper, whole black pepper. garlic, and many others. 
The evening sky setting over evening traffic as Patty and I try to make it home after our date. 
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