Hotel Shangri-La Accra

... to describe a place of such contrasts and I really don't think in the West that we can ever imagine it without seeing things for ourselves. The traffic is shocking and public transport is not at all organised, yet I can catch a tro-tro or share taxi usually within minutes of reaching my junction, even if it takes an hour to then reach my destination mere kms away. The people are very very religious and don't comprehend why anyone would not spend 3 hours each Sunday at church ...

... and he told me… BE FREE. You are in GHANA!! No one here will hurt you. I was thinking…sure this is what every murderer says and also that my mom would kill me if she knew me and my friend Barry were roaming the streets of Ghana with a complete stranger. (sorry mommio) He said he understood why I was afraid because he had seen the American movie Scarface. HA!

One last note. There is a class on the ship called the 100$ solution. When they get to each country they find ...

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Saturday afternoon I helped Joyceline cook Ghanaian dishes.
This was so much fun.
She showed me how to manually grind spices and stuff.
It was fun.
Then we ate what we made.
There was so much food and it was so good.
We had jolloff rice and tillapia stew and ginger chicken.
I like fish.
However.
Ghanaian fish is still looking at you.
Comforting?
I think not.
But Joyceline was definitely one of those “eat more” type of ...

... times, asking me if I was leaving. The drummer that I have a crush on, Yusef, helped me pack my drum (he is very much a gentleman), and I didn’t even get to say goodbye to him because the kids were bombarding me. The drummers had to keep shooing the kids away. Anyway, everybody split up, most of the drummers and dancers left before I could say thank you and goodbye to anyone. Adom gave me a bit of money for performing. Then Uncle Sulley, Yaawza, and I got into a friend’s car and ...

... it to some water over the stove and mix it until it becomes a ball, just like banku. Then you prepare some soup or fish with sauce and eat it together. If you couldn’t tell, I’m loving the food here in Ghana. I think I might buy a mortar and pestle while I’m here, depending on how much it costs. They have mortars here made from clay that has ridges on the inside, so it’s easy to mash ...

... tagged along. So I got to check everything out, and we talked a lot. Brother told me more about how traditional funeral ceremonies work. I always heard that they could go on for 4 or more days, with music and dance almost the whole time. I've wondered if the same musicians and dancers perform the whole time or not. Somebody mentioned that akpetese (really really strong liquor made from palm) helps them stay up and energized, so I thought that maybe they just kept ...

... your support!  I hope that each of you have been able to see God's blessings in your year and are able to see God's work in your lives.    I will send out a post when I get home to let you all know when I have arrived safely!  If you want to see more pictures or hear more about what I have been doing please feel free to email/message/call me!  Thank you again for everything!   God bless!

... pineapples Fri 17/10 High care - Deshell coconuts - Peel mangos, papayas and pineapples - Cut ...