Highgate 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 :)<br>i thought i would share this experience with you because it has been really positive for me. <br>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&#8217;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. <br><br>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 ...

Hi everyone and welcome to my travel blog! I've been in Ghana now for 2 days, and have finally managed to locate an internet cafe near my house. Since this keyboard requires all my energy to use, I'll jump right into it: When I left Tassie, there was sleet and hail, and what must have been at least the 30th straight day of rain. Everything has gotten progressively hotter since then.... I stopped in Perth for a few hours on the way - 18 degrees - and met up with Nan for a slightly ...

... i think it makes each day more and more refreshing. i have stopped drinking and started running--the one thing i have fallen back on is healthy dieting just because it is impossible to do here and i am very fortunate at home to have access to lots of fresh foods.<br>After our run, i showered and sat in the dorm kitchen for a couple cups of instant coffee with soymilk while talked with matt and kaliegh. then this guy Will from tufts invited ...

<br>Hello from Accra-<br> <br> I just checked out of my hotel and I am waiting to meet up with Lacey (friend from Redlands) before I fly out this evening. <br> <br> While I am not typically a big city person I have enjoyed my last few days here. On Monday after writing my previous blog entries I headed out to do some shopping. Many streets in Accra are abundantly lined with beautiful wood carvings, fantastic bight colored fabric, football jerseys (soccer), jewelry, masks and ...

... bureaucrats can always get by even in West**n Africa), then by the Yellow Fev** man who held us up for soooo long we walked up into the village and w**e immediately the centre of attention. We changed money, had a be**, and then Sarah and i walked up to the market, wh**e aft** buying some wat** we turned around to find we had a following of at least 50 people who just stared, smiled, touched my tattoo and looked genuinely amazed or confused that we w ...

... and that it finds you all well, happy, healthy, and enjoying life. Sarah and I will sp[emd the nex two days h**e resting bnefore meeting the truck in Kokrobite (about 35 km's from Accra) on Sa***************ing out of Ghana to Togo, Benin and then into *****ia. We are not greatly looking forward to the prospect of heat and humidity that will mean we are damp and sweating for weeks throughout these countries and into Cam**oon, Gabon, Congo and the DRC, buit hey, it beats working for a living!!

Ghana: 06 - 16 FebruaryI was in the country which spawned the Organization of African Unity thanks to the first President of Ghana - Kwame Nkrumah.  This is the birthplace of freedom, great statesmanship, Tro-tros (Matatus in Swahili - minibuses), beautiful skin (Shea butter) and civilized elections!  Nkrumah is the man who said and I paraphrase "we prefer self governance in danger to servitude in tranquillity" and spawned a whole crop of prodigies ...

... sitta och sla och rakna pa trumman som lararen sager men att sedan satta ihop allt till en rythm. Handerna lyder inte. Pa danslektionen sa funkar ocksa enstaka rorelser med lite ovning men att satta ihop aven det, helt omojligt. Danslararen var inte snygg men magisk i sitt satt, jaklar vad han kunde rora sin kropp... Vi hade ocksa en genomgang med var Tina om vad vi ska gora och inte gora hos vara vardfamiljer, underbart att veta. Dom hade ...