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... and be in bed by the time the sun went down (resting up our bodies for another long trek the next day). <br><br>Our hotel had a restaurant where the options were chicken, fish, and french fries. The price being roughly 10 cedi. We only brought 70 cedi worth of money each, so we knew we couldn't afford this and awkwardly left the restaurant after having discussed the "menu" and talked to the woman who worked there. <br><br>We went out to the road and found a little stand selling soap ...

... 2 nights didn't even have hotel markers on them. I didn't mention this to many people before leaving (i thought people might worry too much). Our plan had been to just stop at a church in those towns and ask for shelter for the night and see how things hashed out. It was probably a wreckless plan, i guess...but we were determined and it seemed worth it at the time. <br><br>We took 2 tro tros to get there, one of which took 4 1/2 hours and didn't arrive ...

... I was literally the last person to board the plane. However, the rushed departure from Dagbamete did take my help to take my mind off of the fact that I finally had to leave the village. <br><br>Now, you may have wondered why I chose the title &#8216;Homes, Sweet Homes&#8217;. During my trip, I realized that Ghana has become my second home; and, as with any home, I will certainly be going back. I felt welcome everywhere I went, and everyone that I met treated me like I was ...

... lot of traditional music featured in the ceremony (I even got to play for a little while). The part of the service that will always stick out for me is the animal sacrifices. About 100 chickens, and 20 goats, were sacrificed throughout the day for various religious purposes (joining the church, confessing sins, asking the Gods for something, etc.). While it would take a very long time to accurately describe this full day at the shrine, I am very excited to learn ...

... to tradition, they HAD to see her since they were in her city. We had a nice visit and took quite a few pictures of her and her family. We all held her six week old daughter. She was very cute. We went to a bank, we seem to go to a bank every second day. We visited a museum which was small but had very interesting objects. Many of them were things that we had seen before but the Togo artifacts had more ...

Now, as you all are well aware, being a lone white girl in West Africa means HASSLE. It's not nearly as bad here as it was in Mali and Burkina (or maybe I&#8217;m just used to it, or my answers are better prepared, or it&#8217;s, most liekly, because I&#8217;m rarely on my own...) but it&#8217;s still pretty constant if I&#8217;m out and about by myself.<br><br>Usually, it&#8217;s pretty simple to ignore.<br><br>However... a while ago, another sister in the family I ...

As a sidenote, I should probably point out that not everything about the social centre is bad.<br><br>They do actually do a lot of good work, and most of the staff are lovely and very enthusiastic about their work. Personally I think the Director should be in charge rather than the President, but there you go. Maybe he used to be as enthusiastic about it all and has just become disillusioned since he started the charity ten ...

I have a LOT to say about The Social Centre, but barely any time left before I have to get back before the gate is locked... (it's 8:30 pm..), and I really wanted to keep this separate anyway, so I'll come back to all the other stuff another time.<br><br>Today (and yesterday), my task has been to accompany a staff member on visits to the hopsital, where one of our cases was having a tumour to remove a tumour from ...

... who are getting married had a DJ already lined up, so we got a call Saturday morning saying that the drummers and dancers would perform later that day, instead. So all of us went to Independence Square, which is where Obama is supposed to give his speech on Friday. Then we went to the museum. They had a lot of great artifacts, and a big area dedicated to the history of slavery in Ghana. After that, we went to Ashema. The group had split into two again, because there ...

... morning, we went for a walk. We wanted to see more of Anyako. There are these strips of land that take you to other &#8220;islands,&#8221; and we wanted to explore. We were walking down one of the strips, and we approached a compound. Seshie told us not to take pictures because the outside area is a shrine. The guy who lives there is a healer (the kind of spiritualism he works with is called kpekpele), and a very powerful man, and Seshie said that we should greet him and ...