Hotel Shangri-La Accra

... br><br>About once a week I stop by this family in Kissemah Village where I have been teaching. <br>There is a man and a woman and their 4 or 5 kids. <br>They live outside.<br>Their only shelter comes from this brick wall type of fence thing that separates their &#8220;house&#8221; from the road that runs through Kissemah.<br><br>I was telling another foreign exchange student (from Tennessee) at the University about this family and his reaction to me telling him about their living ...

... to clear them away. The man didn't grimace even once. He said it didn't hurt. We treated bedsores on another man that peeled the same way. This second man was unconscious. <br><br>After treating bedsores and wounds, we went to take vitals. then we fed the unconscious patients by loading liquid food into syringes (porridge and light soup). After that was lunch.<br><br>for lunch, Doris (the nurse working on my level in the ward) took me across the street to a ...

... pretty friendly for the most part, they were all interested in America and wanted to know what we thought of their country. Now we&#8217;re back on the ship and it just left about an hour ago. Tomorrow is the Neptune Ceremony when we cross the equator, so that should be fun. We also have our first intramural volleyball game tomorrow night. I will update again after that stuff and let you guys know how it goes. Hope everything&#8217;s good with everyone!

... which we eat all the time), water, soda, etc. <br><br>Even transportation is relatively cheap&#8212;but it is intimidating at first. You have a few options:<br><br>Tro tro: tro meant 3 cents in old Ghanaian money. It referred to cost once, but now is just the name still standing for the vehicle. These are vans that can fit about 15 people that are always crowded, but very cheap-about 40 pesuwa a ride. They are usually beat up but you get what you pay for. There is a driver ...

... s.<br><br>When we got to the gate, we found out that the lady with the evil eye worked some magic; not only were we sitting together but we were in Business Class. Now that&#8217;s the way to fly! The plane was new and the service was excellent. We had those great big fancy seats and lots of room. The seats would even lay down. The movie selection was greater and the food and booze were definitely superior to Economy Class ...

... did. I had the perfect necklace to go with the outfit. The dress is white with a gold design, and the necklace I have is gold in color, from South Africa. Aunty let me borrow her earrings. So then we went on our way. It was about an hour and a half to get there. On the way, I was looking around at the scenery. Everything is so green! I love the rainforest!!!! Gorgeous! <br><br>Anyway, when we got to the village, Suhum, we met up with Adam and found out that it is not a wedding. It is ...

... size bed with a provided mosquito net above me. This place is totally infested, lol. It's kinda cool. I've always wanted to go camping! This is a step forward toward that goal. Tomorrow, I really don't know what I'll be doing. Alfred said he'd come over and show me around, but I also want either him or Uncle to give me a lesson, AND Alfred said he'd take me to a spot (a bar) so I could check it out. We'll see. I just met Uncle's wife and kids, but we were all tired, so I ...

... to organise a football tournament for the 4 schools they worked at and we would donate prizes, transport costs and food etc. As there is very little opportunity for kids to actually play football in Ghana I wanted to give them this opportunity to showcase there skills and abilities and represent there skills on the field. To date we have had a number of volunteers run these football tournaments to great success which the kids all love. As well as coaching football ...