Hotel Wangara Accra

... was something like this &#8220;well sure there&#8217;s poverty in Africa but you have to think about the climate. It makes it okay for people to live outside and survive&#8221;<br>I rarely ever have violent tendencies, but I wanted to slap this person. Hard and repeatedly.<br>Being able to justify poverty like that is something I do not think I will ever be able to do. And should not do.<br>This family lives behind a concrete wall. <br>Their bathroom, shower, bedroom and kitchen ...

... to get waakye (i dont know if thats how it is spelled. its pronounced "watch-ee"). In regular ghanaian style, she insisted on paying (which i didnt feel too bad about because my half was only 40p...like 25 cents). then, we got the food to go- which means it is put in a clear plastic bag with the top tied in a knot--and we walked back to the hospital with it. I asked about utensils on the way back and she said "you have a spoon in your bag? then you can eat like ...

1. I have come to the conclusion that the vulture is the pigeon of Ghana. (unwanted and everywhere)<br><br>2. if you have a cold it is completely normal and not at all offensive to pull a farmer blow while walking down the road. <br>(clearly Joelle, the bike riding/run to the sign farmer blow episodes were not that disgusting now were they?) <br><br>3. People will walk into the middle of your lectures selling water, plantain chips and cookies (except they call them ...

... like the electric slide--its pretty cool. I'm definitely putting this one on a cd when i get home.<br><br>2. Simple by Bradez<br>--&gt; probably second most memorable song from here. I don't know the name of the third most memorable song, since it is in twi--but everytime a song comes on that reminds me of going out here, i ask a ghanaian around me to write it down so i wont forget. hopefully i will add the other song to this ...

... a 'mate&#8217; sitting in the front. The mate holds his head out the window and signs/shouts the name of where the tro tro is going (saying &#8216;circle&#8217;, &#8216;accra&#8217;, &#8216;osu&#8217;, etc.-I don&#8217;t know too many places yet). If you want a tro tro, you shout back where you are going or throw out your right hand (not left, using your left hand is considered a rude gesture) and they will stop. Then, you bargain with them for the ride. We have been left a ...

... Music and Art in Kokrobite. The drum/dance group performed first, and then Mustafa Tete Addy (the man who started drum tourism in Ghana) performed with his group. During the drum/dance ensemble's performance, they asked us to perform our dance! This is a testament to how nice they are. It was during this time (during my dance debut), that I realised how amazing this trip is going. Studying music in Ghana is everything that I had hoped for, and I have only just begun ...

... and another fellow cleaned them out of Scotch and Ann was impressed with being given her own box of chocolates after the first meal. <br><br>Wonderful warm tropical air embraced us as we walked from the plane to the terminal in Accra. We arrived right on time. After an hour or so picking up our luggage and then a few minutes at passport control we made it out of security. Sanga was there and had been wonderng if we had missed ...

... induction ceremony for the new Chief of Suhum. They had a bull ready to kill and all. When the speeches were done, the drummers started playing. Uncle said I should play, but I was shy. After about 30 seconds, he pulled my drum out of my bag, handed it to me, and I just HAD to play. So I followed the other drummers. I had never played those rhythms before. I just followed along with what they were playing, picking it up one rhythm at a time. We led the new Chief back to his home. When ...

... t get to talk to them. Hopefully I'll get to hang out with them a bit tomorrow. I'll be staying with Uncle for 2 weeks. Next week, he has a few more students coming to stay at his house, and he's going to take us on a trip. We'll go to Tamale (which is where he's from and where the music and dance he taught me originated), and a few other cities, including the place where kente (the gorgeous fabrics they have here) was first woven. I'm off to bed now. Much love. Hope everybody is well. Drop me a line. 

... running tournaments I wanted to go one step further and organise opportunities for volunteers to play football as well. We approached a number of football clubs in the area and they were keen for our volunteers to join them, I also went training with the clubs which was good as I got to keep up my fitness and skills although the Ghanaian's play football very physical fast pace football but it is very disorganised and they only play to attack they never look around to ...