Hillview Hotel Accra

... a resort-beach. I didn't see too many ghanaians (though i did watch some push a boat into the water and a few playing soccer). Mostly it was just us obronis from Legon. <br><br><br><br>After that day, i was sooo sunburned. i was in the sun with spf 30 reapplied several times for 2 hours, and i ended up leaving the beach early bc i felt ...

... by run into I mean when my friend entered the tro tro, one of them said (and I quote) <br>Jesus answered my prayers. I asked him to let me meet a beautiful white woman today and he has answered my prayers.<br>(really? Really sir? Out of control. At least you could just bluntly propose marriage instead of making up a ridiculous line like that)<br>This tro tro was just as giggly as the first so more laughter erupted out of these people as well.<br>So the rest of the tro tro ...

... So checklist of what we actually accomplished in 13 hours: NOTHING. We drove 3 hours both directions to eat dinner. And that's it. I guess I did have two of the most satisfying moments of my life that day, getting back on the ship and dropping to my knees and kissing the floor, and peeing on the side of an African road. SO that was my first experience in Ghana. Needless to say today we are just hanging out on the ship. Tomorrow we have a Habitat for ...

... half and teach the same lecture twice. Most psych classes are huge&#8212;so I&#8217;m happy to only take one, Biological psychology. <br><br>As we went in today to get our course listings (to help choose what classes to take) we also got to access internet for the first time. It is impressively fast compared to what I expected. It is wireless in IPO (the international programmes office). It is slow, don&#8217;t get me wrong ...

... I came to Ghana for.<br> After classes on Thursday, a few of the students went to a highlife (Ghanaian pop) concert in Accra. Getting downtown was a little bit of an adventure (switching from between tro-tros, the public buses, and then eventually taking a taxi) but we made it. It was great to finally see some live music in Ghana. <br> Initially, our plan for the weekend was to go to Cape Coast (to a historic slave castle and a rainforest), but we had to make a last ...

... We picked her up on the side of the road and decided to go to the beach. What a beach! The waves were huge and washed up under our table and chairs frequently. Many vendors passed by and attempted to sell us there wares or entertainment. We had a great time bartering and talking with a couple of them. Both Dave and I were very popular on the beach. I think it was the blond hair and big ...

Yesterday, Saturday, I went with Aunty Adiza to her work. She's a hairdresser, and she has two shops in Accra in the middle of this big street market. They had one guy selling special "elixirs" like you see in the movies to cure different things, and people were really buying into it. I&#8217;ve always wanted to get my hair done in braids, so I figured this would be the perfect chance for me to do it. Can I just say, she&#8217;s amazing? She did the best work on these ladies&#8217 ...

... watched perform. She said she was impressed J. So, continuing with the GMT tradition, we waited a few hours before we played our second piece. We were all getting quite frustrated, cause the program was running about 2 hours behind. They had us come up to the gate to get ready to perform, but it was a mistake. They didn't need us yet. And this happened 3 times. Eventually we went out to perform Jera. It was a really fun piece. I had some trouble keeping up with the new ...

... se om det finns en ok toalett har, tvatta mig och satta pa mig mina jeans for forsta gangen sedan jag kom hit. Nej inte riktigt sant for nar jag borjade tycka att shortsen trillade ner sa provade jag jeansen for att se om dom ocksa var stora och det var dom. Jag har jeans, jumpadojer, strumpor och en langarmad skjorta i en pase och det ska bli sa skont att fa frysa lite nu. Om det finns internet pa insidan av flygplatsen sa aterkommer jag annars hoppas jag alla hor av sig i borjan av veckan. : )

... yone being a family and th**efore th**e is a lot of ref**ence to each oth** as &#8220;Sist** Joyce&#8221; or &#8220;Broth** Alistair&#8221; or &#8220;Aunty&#8221;, &#8220;Uncle&#8221;, &#8220;Papa Stephan&#8221; and so forth. It lent an air of respect and comradeship, which was nice.<br><br>Countryside Caution<br><br>- When walking und** trees look up as th**e may be a snake about to drop on top of you!<br>- Wear long trous**s with your socks tucked in as th ...