Fiesta Royale Hotel Accra

It's so hard to believe that I have only 8 days left in this country - at the same time I'm sad to leave, but almost ready to move on to the next adventure.
In the past week and a half since I last wrote, I've been working in the orphanage as well as the law firm, finally doing some actual legal work and going to court (the most inefficient system I've ever seen - I've seen only half an hour of hearing because everything else has been adjourned, over and over...). I actually ...

... I go to school is to play volleyball." HILARIOUS. It was so sad leaving. All the kids were waving to the bus with huge smiles.


That night one of the many wealthy students on the ship had gotten a bus to take 40 of us to the city. The first stop was a bar right on the ocean where we had a private African dance/drumming show. It was unreal!! I could not believe my life. They put on the coolest show and at one point came out and brought ME out of everyone up there to ...

... the only reason my knee got infected was because I have white skin, and it is weaker...

Last weekend was a long weekend here, to celebrate the 100th birthday anniversary of the father of independence in Ghana, first president Kwame Nkrumah. Along with 2 other volunteers from the orphanage, Meagan from Canada and Nora from the US, I took advantage of the time off and headed to Ghana's 2nd biggest city, Kumasi, home of the Ashanti tribe, most powerful tribe in Ghana's history ...

... places of the extra hour sessions (i went to the department offices and no one was able to tell me there, even) but it seems that the professors are pretty apathetic about attendence in general.
I think the reason is because most of the education here is self-guided. There are no tests, no papers, and no assignments all semester until the final exam in all of my classes except one (the one that is not like that is my archeology course, where 30 percent ...

... my next door neighbor is a Ghanaian is a lil' wayne fan in the morning. J) 20) Ghanaians are the most laid back people I have ev** met. (example: basketball practice is apparently supposed to start at 3:00. Yest**day it started at about 5:00. If you couldn't make it, no one cared, if you had class, no one cared, if you just didn't feel like coming, no one cared. (Ghana is awesome.) 21) Ghana is still a bit of a patriarchal society. (so ...

... The chop-bar had a lot of flare with flags of world all around and local wood carvings. Plus it was fun to be the other foreigner in the place; it was indeed a local experience.

This has been such a special trip and I fell so honored to have learned so much about this country through my friend and her family and enjoy some local adventures on my own as well.

Lacey and I are off to the National Museum.

Love to all,

Sherry

... Mauritania a month earlier) to the first of many beach backpacker resorts in Ghana. We spent 4 nights in Green Turtle Lodge near Dixcove, simply chilling out by the ocean and waiting for happy hour to commence each evening. Upon leaving, we drove back through Dixcove, where the locals were keen to shout at us and demand money for the phone lines the truck had torn down on our way through the village....usually we hang out the side holding the lines clear of the truck with a ...

... is HUGE and much more developed than Accra, visited The Shrine Nightclub and Kalakuta Republic, Fela Kuti's commune building- my #1 goal for this semest** accomplished); CIEE weekend trip to Kumasi (stayed in the Golden Tulip, went to a Ghana vs Benin game and met some Black Stars); dance production(our choreograph** won best choreography and the dance went ov** extremely well); weekend trip to Mole National Part (saw elephants, antelope, crocodiles, diff**ent kinds of ...

... stand the drink though!)  Typical Wadzi the rest of the world is having a global financial crisis, and I've decided to throw caution to the winds quoting trite television advertisements (it is all about sound bytes people) - "YES I CAN" - its Obama's fault that sound byte is real catchy.  It also had a lot to do with the fact that my suitcase was delayed from Singapore so I just had time to grab my toilet bag out of the delayed bag which I duly ...

... tanka pa, vad vi maste tanka pa och lite annat smatt och gott. 60% av alla som kommer som volontarer blir foralskade i Ghana och det tyckte vi nog alla var lite knastigt men efter att ha varit har nu 2 dagar sa misstanker jag att det faktiskt stammer (jag tror dock inte att jag tillhor dessa ...). Ghana ligger pa listan som tredje land i varlden med flest dodsolyckor pa vagarna och den mest utsatta vagen ar den jag ska aka ...