Airside Hotel Accra

i volunteered my normal shift yesterday from 8-3 in Ward A---community member inpatient ward, general care. When i was there, one of the doctors (a really nice, smiley man...light skinned with a goatee and glasses and slightly crooked front teeth) who came through invited me back to the maternity ward to observe some of their regular procedures, so i went back to the hospital today and wanted to tell you more about it because it was a very stimulating ...

... hospital is going to be a lot of fun. The girls there seem to really like me and really really like the fact that im an obroni for some reason. One girl was trying to teach me phrases in twi the whole day, one girl was really sweet and came to get me anytime she saw a doctor come through the ward or anytime she was going to see a patient--and she also would always tell me the diagnosis and show me the labels on the medications, another girl stood with me and translated ...

... rush and get changed for the night because everyone was going to the clubs in Accra. Once all cleaned up we went out and experienced the night life. It was a lot of fun to say the least. We first went to a small bar, where there were all Semester at Sea students, and then a club close by where there were also only Semester at Sea students. We all had a blast! We got back to the ship safely that night, thank goodness. <br><br> On our ...

... blackstars won 2-0. I didn't really pay a ton of attention to the game, but it was still really fun. i felt like i was back home going to a sporting event. plus, we got a tro tro back really quickly and easily, so it wasnt even a pain in the neck to travel, like it can be from time to time here!<br><br>again, i had to run and go to class before 7:30 in the morning so i was asleep the instant we got back.<br>

... forest. There will be time to swim in the plunge pool.<br><br>Return to the village. Spend rest of the evening to interact with friends you would have made in Wli. Dinner and overnight Water Heights.<br><br>DAY 3 SUN AUG 30 : WLI - LIKPE - KPANDO - HO<br><br>8.00AM; Depart for Likpe Todome to explore the ancestral caves. Continue to Kpando to visit AGBENOXOE Grotto, where the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared to some ...

... the intercom to ask people to remain seated until we stopped. People also clapped and cheered when the plane landed&#8212;which I&#8217;ve never seen before. Also something I&#8217;ve never seen: two people&#8217;s phones rang in my row during the flight when we were in the air. That was really odd. <br><br>I was thankful to get off the plane, but I quickly found how things were going to ...

... t wait. So then we came home. Uncle ate dinner (I wasn&#8217;t very hungry, I had both of my yogurts on the way home cause they were melting&#8230;..they came frozen). Then he gave me a lesson. He started teaching me how to dance Takai. I&#8217;ve learned it from him before at CalArts, but I didn&#8217;t learn the whole piece. So we danced. It was so much fun. I love that he&#8217;s such a good friend of mine, and we work so well together. I definitely see some promising ...

... a show**!!<br><br>The beach at Big Milly's ( and all along the Ghana coast we w**e told by the rest of the group) w2was not really too safe for swimming so whenev** anyone went in we went in groups and no one really ventured out past about hip deep.<br><br>Most of the group headed into Accra but as we had sampled its 'delights' for the past week Sarah and I just hung around Big Milly's, had a few drinks and took it pretty easy.<br><br>We left Accra ...

... h**e late in the aft**noon we found an int**net cafe and scoped out some accommodation. Somehow we found this really really nice hotel, and as you could not book online Sarah headed out to find a phone stall (they are all ov** the place h**e, basically you just pay to use a mobile phone on the street as they do not have too many public phones), which she did. She called the hotel and they only had one room left...with a bad connection Sarah heard that it was a suite and that the ...

We made it t Accra, and what an epic journey that was!!! We left at 9.30 am from Ouaga, an hour late but in relatively good spirits and looking forward to reaching the Atlantic ocean. 24 hours later, I didn't really care much about the oceanm, and all I wanted was my hotel bed!! The bus was ok, and at least had air conditionning, but that was the only good bit of the journey. The bus broke down ...