Erata Hotel Accra

... who was about 3 feet on the other side confirmed the jelly fish sighting. <br>So clearly, not crazy.<br>I booked it.<br>Towards the shore. <br>(mom, dad and ellen, do we remember the sting ray episode? This was a direct repeat)<br>Every wave that washed up while I was attempting to run to dry land I was positive was washing the jelly fish towards me and that it was going to wrap its little whatevers around me and sting me 7 pounds style. <br>So. The jelly fish episode ...

9/23<br><br>We had a pretty ridiculous first day here in Ghana yesterday. Here's the situation: we were listed as being in port in Accra, which is the capital. Big city, that's where a lot of the trips and tours are through, etc. But the ship is actually docked in Tema, a smaller industrial city with nothing to do in it 18 miles away from Accra. So we have to take a shuttle into the city, which takes about an hour during the day with traffic. And when ...

... are 2 benches and a small set of stairs that the kids squeeze themselves onto.<br>Kadri got us a dry erase board so that pretty much constitutes official.<br><br>Kissemah village is quickly becoming one of my favorite places in Ghana thus far. The people there are the most appreciative people I think I have ever met. <br>The kids that come are anywhere from 2-15 so it&#8217;s really hard to teach them all and not have it be too easy or too hard but you wouldn&#8217;t be able to tell ...

... and that we would have a good chance of getting on teams if we came out, so i think we might go together. we are talking about trying cross country. The competition is an 8k race. I figure we run at least 5K a day, so 8k competition shouldn't seem like too much (it's about 4.9 miles, i think). <br><br>but, i dont know--i've heard a lot about track stars from Africa. We'll see if Leslie and I can keep up. If not, I'll just train with them so that i don't slack off ...

... marketplace in Medina which is right next to Accra. <br><br>All those pictures of African woman holding huge bowls on their heads are totally authentic. This market place had everything. <br><br>Everything.<br><br>Including pigs feet. Cow intestines. Whole fish. <br><br>Going here with malaria medication nausea probably not the best idea but it was still amazing! <br><br>Wonder FULL.

So&#8230;.not too much has happened during the past few days. I haven't really left the house much. EK left on Wednesday and I started my lessons with Promise again on Thursday. We&#8217;re polishing Adzro (that&#8217;s the name of the piece he&#8217;s teaching me) and he&#8217;s teaching me some more rhythms for the funeral.<br><br>On Wednesday, Stephanie and Jesse arrived. Stephanie is a CalArts alum and Jesse is a friend of hers. I went ...

... she&#8217;s there standing next to us, dancing along. It was so cute. She&#8217;s about two or three years old, and she was dancing like she was at a hip-hop club. It was too cute to not document it, so Uncle grabbed his video camera and taped her. Then, I remembered that there was a piece on Uncle&#8217;s cd that I really liked, so I played it for them and asked them to teach it to me. It&#8217;s called Jarigu De Salema. The story of the piece is actually really cool. It&#8217;s a ...

... have three really nice paintings. Brother and I ate lunch. He bought me rice balls and I ate with my hands. It was fun J So it's pretty much mushed up rice in the shape of balls, and they cover it with a broth and some meat. He asked if they had a meatless broth, and they said they did, so I took that. It still tasted like meat, though. I think they thought I didn't want meat chunks. Oh well, I wasn't going to starve myself, so I ate. I also had some soymilk, Vitamilk ...

... person room oceanside for 23 cedis, equal to about 20 usd. i don't think you can do that anywhere in the US!!! the food was fairly inexpensive and the beach was free. So I played around in the sand and collected shells on saturday, then Sunday morning we got up really early in hopes that the tide would be lower so that I could get the shells without playing chase with the waves. unfortunately the tide doesn't change here, so i was SOL. We then took a shared ...

... Prepare documentation for airfreight despatch Weekend 3 Sat 1/11 and Sun 2/11 - unplanned Week 4 Mon 3 ...