Afia African Village Accra

... my 18 day stretch of no class. I'm glad I'll be traveling, because otherwise i would be really ready to be home. <br><br>anyway, i dont have much news. I worked at the hospital again yesterday---my last day there. I was having a rough day so i only stayed for morning rounds (which was fine because there were only 6 patients, nothing too serious and dorcus and another nursing assistant were around). Our morning rounds went well ...

... I do not know why this venture was so exciting, but it was literally an adrenaline rush that was out of this world.<br>So we only walked about 5 minutes or so until this guy named Andrews picked us up in his range rover.<br>A range rover.<br>He drove us all the way to our hostel. <br>I am talking right in front of the door. <br>It was awesome.<br>We got him incredibly invested in our &#8220;race&#8221; so much so that he wanted to be informed if we&#8217;d won or not. <br ...

... whole 1.5 liter water bottle while we're waiting for Ni and the other kids we're meeting up with. The 3 girls we're with go shopping in these stores nearby and Tommy and I are waiting for the people. They finally get there around 2 and we meet up with them. They say they already saw the girls and that we need to get moving to meet up with some other people that Ni told he would take. So Tommy and I start walking down the street with Ni and this ...

... years old).Often I was left alone in the classroom while the teacher wandered off, and being an 'Obruni' the children did not listen much at all - I think they are aware that the volunteers won't use the cane like the teachers do! So my teacher friends, I have new-found respect for your patience! Especially those teaching early childhood! The afternoons are spent at the orphanage, playing with the children and generally trying to stop them from beating each other up and teaching them ...

... br>21) The off brand of pepsi is known as African Cola. (Cola you can drink in Africa)<br><br>22) Ghanaians invent their own lanes of traffic (It can be 4 lanes of cars going north and 1 lane of cars going south)<br><br>23) Sheep come out of nowhere in packs of 7 or 8.<br><br>24) Areas of the campus are out of bounds to students (hello forbidden forest)<br><br>25) A decent meal here is equivalent to about $1.80 ...

... delay. 3 hours (and one de-boarded family) later, still sitting in our seats on the plane, we taxied out again for our 10+ hour flight. The flight itself went quickly and smoothly, and we arrived in Accra, Ghana only 2 hours late. <br><br>We're going to try to learn some Swahili to pass the time, and will hopefully be in Nairobi before we know it!<br>

... I couldn't sleep on the plane. <br> I landed in Dubai at 6pm (local), and went straight to the ariport hotel to get some sleep. Walking from the airport to the bus was incredibly hot and humid ... lucky I didn't stay in Dubai for too long. After the 13 hours of flying, it was nice to get a full night sleep in a bed, until my 4:30 am wake up call to catch my plane to Ghana. I didn't have an alarm clock with me, and was extremely worried I would ...

... I woke up later than I had hoped to due to staying up late the night before. I wanted to do my laundry, but that didn&#8217;t happen. Aunty Beatrice asked me to bring some clean water from inside because they were cleaning the water tank outside, so I went to fetch some water. She wanted to see me carry the bucket on my head, so that&#8217;s what I did. She couldn&#8217;t believe it, lol. She seems to have the same mindset, that white people can&#8217;t do anything for themselves or by ...

... had to go up a small hill and I had Etonam on my back, she made it seem like I should be so tired after walking up hill. It was odd. I had to keep reassuring her that I do walk often, and I actually like it. Anyway, a while after we got home, I started getting tired, but apparently the women wait until the man comes homes before they go to bed. So I waited with them. Not long after Joseph got home from work (about 10:30pm), I went to my room, took a shower (with drizzling ...

... Chinese team will be crossing the Sahara from west to east. The team chose Ghana as a starting point due to the long history of good relations between China and Ghana - and for the political stability and hospitality that Ghana is famous for. During this historic journey, the Chinese team (led by China's famed explor** Jin Fei Bao) will document environmental conc**ns such as des**tification and the pres**vation of habitat for the protection of plant and animal species ...