Beverly Hills Hotel Accra

... really exciting (i know, in a nerdy way)...i think that i'm beginning to really like where i am going, not that i didn't before---but it's just that things never clicked into place like this for me and it is really exciting. this is exactly what i want to do :)
i thought i would share this experience with you because it has been really positive for me.
like i said, i am going to try to return to the maternity ward again when they are doing ...

... these people apply to programs to go to the US and get in, but they can’t afford it. I was so caught up talking to different students that all of a sudden I looked around and there were only a few SAS people left out of the 150.

Right when we got to the orphanage there was one little boy, Daniel, probably 5 years old, who came running up to me and gave me a huge hug. He was the cutest!! I gave him a bunch of stickers that I brought. He put them all over his face, neck ...

... law, but it has been interesting to see the differences in the system here, compared to home, and the people in the office seem very friendly. I've only spent a few days there so far, so there's not much to tell yet, but I've also been doing more work at the orphanage. The higher courts in Ghana are on summer recess at the moment until October, so my days at the law firm have been spent reading cases, writing notes on my thoughts and questions, questioning the 2 junior ...

... and it was a great way to spend a few hours of my layover in the city. Johannesburg struck me as simultaneously rich and poor, with an important history, and clearly a lot of work still to be done before the World Cup reaches there next year. After 12 hours in Johannesburg, it was back onto the plane, bound for Ghana. Before I even reached Accra, I was becoming aware that Africans from all over are much more open in their friendships than we are. Since arriving here, I have ...

... eith** strapped on their back or in their hands. (Not. At all. Necessary) 3) In Ghana, men can totally stop doing their job so that you may ask a female for h** contact information because you want to take h** out lat**. (example: Ghanaian police man in the middle of telling taxi man that he is going to arrest him takes a break to ask me for my numb**. Out of control) 4) On a light** note, children in Ghana might be the cutest things in the ...

... come out. Low and behold we find a "resort" owned by a Chinese man. We stop have a drink and some lunch. It turns out to be very expensive but the crashing waves mad it a very nice stop.

After lunch and a beer went to the market that we had been to on our first visit. One of the people remembered us which was nice. It also meant that we had to visit his stall. Arriving near the end of the day ...

... upload so that you guys can see what I've been doing. But it's all on my laptop, so you will have to wait until I get decent internet access at a real internet cafe in the big city.

But really, everything is great. I'm learning a lot of drumming, dancing, and cooking. I'm working hard at picking up the language. Ewe is very hard to learn. Like I said, hopefully I'll be able to get online this next week and I'll give you a much better update.

... let alone 20-odd (and some are VERY odd) white people in a big open sided truck driving through or stopping in their village.

It started at the bord** crossing. We w**e stopped for hours, firstly as the immigration man was so happy to see us and wanted to talk to ev**yone, shake ev**yone's hands, and welcome us all individually at least 5 times (he even said i could have a job th**e as i had filled my entry form in so well...gotta love that ...

... malaria, HIV/AIDS and oth** destructive diseases. These countries, which have suff**ed so much through the years of colonianlism and the failures of independence are now growing into themselves and I feel great hope and belief that they will become (and ore well on the way to) really strong, viable, proseprous, safe, stable and wealthy nations. More time is needed, but it will happen!! 5) Well, that's one big blog post with a lot of stuff in th**e!! I hope that yuou all enjoy reading ...

Nu ar min tid i Accra, huvudstaden, snart over. Imorgon ska jag satta mig pa en buss och aka 5 timmar norrut till Kumasi, Ghanas andra storsta stad. Framme dar ska jag ringa ett telefonnummer och nagon ska plocka upp mig for att kora mig till ett kontor dar min vardfamilj sedan kommer for att hamta mig. Vi har harliga dagar i Accra. Igar var vi pa trum och danslektion och jag behover inte overdriva om jag sager att jag var klart samst i allt. Det funkar ...