Dutc Hotel Nshonaa Accra

... work” in which we receive a grade is (as far as I can tell anyway and it is about the halfway mark so a paper or whatnot should have probably been assigned by now) the final exam.
And, in all of my classes they have passed out copies of last years final exam for that class.
The lectures never ask what we think of the topic they just dictate to us what we should know (which means have ...

... a couple of us with big bowls of watered down peanut butter feeding them. Then they placed each one on a bowl and they sat on the bowl until they pooped. They all sat so patiently on the bowl. The woman said they are trained from the moment they can sit up.  It was so exhausting playing with the kids, but we all had a great time and I pray that they all can find good homes.

Day 3
Habitat for Humanity

Woke up really early and had a 3 1/2 hour bus ride to where we ...

... for anyone here - if you don't have insurance, you pay before you are treated. However, this is set to change as I hear the government has recently pledged, along with other African nations, to make healthcare free, at least for mothers and children. The emergency room at the private hospital I attended was emptier than one in Australia would ever be, and I saw the doctor within an hour - aside from arriving in an ambulance and being treated first, there is no triage system here ...

... usually by ex-pats or the government/military, it is usually in the form of an ostentatious 4WD or large white building. Highlights of the past couple of days: Going to sit on the deserted beach for orientation, under a grass roofed hut (rubbish on beach a lowlight) Ghana qualifying for the World Cup last night in a game against Sudan Learning to shower from a bucket (this once could really count either way!) Visiting what is certainly the biggest courthouse building I've ever ...

... and focuses on building business skills for women. I was so happy to discover this store and spent nearly an hour looking through their beautiful items and buying wonderful souvenirs. It is also nice to know that the money you spend goes directly to the person that made it even if the items are a bit more expensive I would rather know the money is going directly to the artisan.

Here are there web-sites if you want to check it out:
www.globalmamas.org and ...

Ghana
Ghana was the first English-speaking country on the trip so far, which proved interesting to read the religious related shop names such as "Jesus Loves Me Hairsalon" and "God Bless Fast Food" - very random! Unfortunately it also meant that locals could pester you more for money/pens/water bottles, whereas other countries a bewildered look and "No Francois" seemed to work in dissuading any unreasonable requests.
First stop in Ghana was Mole National Park, we ...

... wing for the entire time we w**e th**e. He walked us into town to meet Momo, a v**y nice Togolese guy who helped us around the 1st time I had been in Kpalime. We all went to breakfast and then walked around the nicely relaxed markets to buy fabrics and oth** goods. Then we took moto-taxis up a near-by mountain to a beautiful wat**fall that was surrounded by cliffs. We had the wat**falls all to ourselves and went swimming and wound up doing some African dance moves in ...

... all hours of day or night. 
I have happily partaken of banku (maize meal and cassava meal); fufu (pounded plantain, coco yam or cassava) and the stews that go with it.  The difference between banku and fufu - the former you chew and the latter you swallow - make of that what you will.  These go with a wonderful variety of stews.  Ghana is the land of stews and people needing to feed one; it's absolutely wonderful.  Meat, albeit stewed, sea food ...

... var stark. Vi ar ju 7 st som haller ihop och jag ar sa klart aldst och Ghana-killarna som hanger pa stranden kallar mig for Mama, det har tagit mig nagra dagar att tycka det ar ok. Vi har ju 2st 18 aringar i vart gang och dom andra ar mellan 20-30 ar sa jag kan ju klart vara mamma till nagra av dom. Killarna pa stranden ar otroligt valtranade, har ligger ni svenska grabbar i la. Vi sover alla 7 st i samma rum och nu ar det trangt nar den sista ...