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Last weekend I went to my hometown for the burial of a kinsman. I went there with another relation who is an electrical engineer by profession and worked in a reputable company. Peter Adzonu came back to Ghana after sojourning for 10 years in Europe. After the burial ceremony, Peter informed me that he had prepared a place in the lagoon (it has been our childhood haunt) so that we could spent two days devoid of the cacophonous political noise in the country. I was not happy about the idea because of the type of mosquitoes hanging around the mangrove nowadays. I expressed my fears to Peter reminding him that these modern day mosquitoes have no fear for the insecticides and I did not want to spend time in a hospital battling dangerous malaria. Peter assured me that he had taken care of everything and truly when I got to the base I was astonished to see the transformation of the place with two waterproof tents and other modern camping gadgets. That afternoon, we went out on the lagoon in my nephew�s canoe to do some hooking. It was drizzling slightly and the weather was good for hook fishing. As masters of the fishing game, we had a very good catch and back at the camp site, we set our grilling equipment and soon the tasty smell of a grilled tilapia garnished with pepper and other spices typical of the lagoon was wafting around. After the tilapia feast, I felt a little drowsy so I took a little stroll around the small patch of land for about fifteen minutes. When I came back Peter had brought out the fresh coconuts which our nephew plucked for us. We drank them to our fill. The sun shone for the last time and finally faded away, we then set fire to some dry mangrove logs covered with dry cow dung (they are good mosquito repellants). Peter again surprised me by playing some melodious Ewe songs with an acoustic guitar, so I helped him along by giving voice to the acoustic rhythms floating towards the salty water. At that moment we ignored the problems in Ghana; we were really oblivious to the struggles of the cities, towns and the villages of the country. We were indeed in our own world on the beautiful Keta lagoon, the largest lagoon full of salt and fish in the West African sub-region. If you care to enjoy the beauty and the serene atmosphere on this beautiful lagoon, visit the south eastern coast of Ghana and you would not be disappointed.