Caspar Guest House Accra

How I have come to the conclusion that I am in fact adapting to Ghanaian culture:<br><br>1. The constant, incessant and unnecessary honking of taxi cabs no longer phases you.<br><br>2. You forget that cherry pepsi exists. <br><br>3. You turn your head in the direction of the person who is hissing like a snake. <br><br>4. You are not angered by the person standing in front of your hostel with a megaphone yelling about Jesus. (on the contrary you go out onto your balcony and ...

... I were just as excited as all of the kids. We read them the eensie weensie spider which they were all incredibly into (13,14,15 years olds. Definitely would not see that in the U.S) and then they all colored a page out of a coloring book. <br>This coloring was the most excited coloring I have ever seen a group of kids do. It was amazing to watch them be all so excited.<br><br>3. The reformers.<br>So after we finished teaching we went back to campus and there was a ...

... kids in miles. If you saw a birdseye view of this place you would find us in 3 seconds. I am actually getting a little scared, I have no idea where we are or how we are supposed to find anyone. We wait there for like 30 minutes before finally finding Ni (like trying to find an Asian person in China). But we still don't have Tommy, and the girls he was with. So we buy these van tickets, which is the sketchiest thing ever, we pay for these tickets ...

... a very slight trickle. The water is only turned on from Friday to Monday morning, so my family must fill 2 reservoirs. When the one on the roof runs out, the plumbing stops working. So I think Thursdays will always be bucket shower days, and to get clean-ish hair, I need to use a bucket anyway, since the showers here have absolutely no pressure whatsoever - you are lucky if you get more than a few drops at a time, and all in one long line! But I'm enjoying the experience most days ...

... br><br>We walked so much yesterday&#8230;my legs ached. I also had gotten up early for a run, which might have contributed to that feeling. I went 2.7 miles (some one had clocked it with their GPS watch the other day) down an orange clay/dirt road through a cornfield. The road forks, and there are small homes on either side of the road along the path. At one of the houses, a dog barked from behind the house as a man stood out front hanging laundry on ...

... note Barack Obama is speaking here tomorrow. Sadly we will not get to see him speak but there are signs welcoming he and Michelle everywhere and I picked up a copy of the special edition paper about his visit. <br><br>We are leaving for Kumasi (four hours north) where Diana's Mom is from in a bit but wanted to let you all know I made it safe and am thrilled to be here. <br><br>More to come, love to all!<br><br>Sherry<br><br> <br>

... bus ride around campus, the walk to all of our classes everyday is at least 20 minutes each way ... this should be fun at the end of the day in the heat. The heat has not been as bad as I expected. While it is around 30 degrees averyday, I have become used to the constant feeling of sweaty stickiness. Cold showers at the hostel help to make the heat more bearable. <br> After the tour, I got myself set up at the residence, and hung out in the hostel ...

... to Brother Alfred&#8217;s house for my lesson. I was already more than half way there, so I kept on going. The rain here comes and goes very quickly. One minute the sun is shining. The next minute the rain is hitting us like a ton of bricks with the craziest wind. Five minutes later, it&#8217;s gone. So I showed up at his house completely soaked. I didn&#8217;t mind, I love rain. He said that he loves the rain, too, so we just went outside and hung out in the ...

... a case of water, which would have sucked to carry home. When I got home, Aunty noticed I was tired, so she told me to go nap. While I was in my room on my computer (I really have trouble relaxing, like now.....it's midnight, I should be sleeping), my friend, Uncle Sulley called. He's a friend of Aunty Beatrice and Uncle Kobla, and I have met him in Los Angeles a couple of times when he's come to teach us and perform with us at CalArts. He called and said he'd be over at 2:30 ...

Nu sitter jag pa flygplatsen i Accra och det kanns skont. Jag hade bestamt mig for att ta bussen fr Cape Coast hit, det ar det sakraste sattet och dom har AC. Tyvarr kan man inte kopa biljetter i forvag utan man ska vara pa plats en timme innan och har inte alla biljetter blivit kopta i Takoradi dar bussen startar sa ar det inga problem. Ar bussen full sa far man hitta annat satt att ta sig darifran. Taxikillen som skulle skjutsa mig till busstationen overtalade mig att han skulle fa ...