Royal Park Hotel Kumasi

... the biggest market in west africa.
Along the way he pointed out all kinds of interesting touristy sites and when we got out we all got fresh coconut to share. Then, he walked us around the city some, asking us at each tourist site if we were interested in stopping. We were tired, so the only place we went to see was a teaching hospital that was newly built.
After that, we took a tro tro to the hotel and said bye to him. he was with us for seven hours ...

... t cook anything since we don't have an oven but we'll help prepare the meals and wash the dishes aft**wards, which is what I did tonight. This is a mightily difficult task when th**e is no running wat**. I had two shots of scotch/whiskey before beginning my dishwashing duty. What bett** way to make it more fun no? Aft** this business ended, we all sat down on the third floor balcony and started DRINKING! 8PM liquor, colonial Schnapps (as Gordon calls it ...

Please note these posts reflect events that have already occurred. Sorry for the delay everyone! Page 1 to 200: one second. Page 200 to 1: one second. There I sat 35000 feet in the air, nervously thumbing the pages of my book. The time, 4:45p.m. Time until landing at JFK, 5:02p.m. Departure time of my connecting flight to Accra, 5:25p.m. Needless to say, the pilot sitting next to me in 2A noticed my nervous behavior and inquired about it. The ...

... into song and dance. There has been a consistent group of adorable children that hang out at the house along with many of Rosina's relatives every day since we arrived, and last night was no different. The impromptu Ghanaian jam session was a real highlight. Rosina began by playing the drums and leading a call and response song and then little by little the wonderful dancing began. We all joined in and the adorable children so enjoyed teaching us the various dances and songs. This was a ...

... varmt vatten tror jag inte pa forran jag kanner varmvattnet men om det rinner vatten ner i mitt huvud utan att jag behover anstranga mig sa ar jag valdigt valdigt nojd. Igar fyllde min Ellen 17 ar, konstigt att inte vara hemma och gratta henne. Nu ar hon ju inte sjalv hemma men anda. Hon & hennes klass akte till Paris tidigt igar morse sa jag antar att hon ar ganska nojd anda. Kanske till och med mer nojd an jag vill veta. : )

... mellan 3 olika skolor. Om jag fattade det ratt var det en uttagning till distriktstavlingen. Det var friidrott, fotboll mm och var by var vard for hela tavlingen. Jag gick hem tidigare fr barnhemmet i fredags for att se sista fotbollsmatcherna och det var specielt. Forsta matchen var en trist tjejmatch, nastan match var mellan tva knattelag fran de andra skolorna och sista matchen var mellan var by och grannbyn, junior high (12-16 ar). Var by vann men hade en kass malvakt men ...

... udda i detta sammanhang, minst 20 ar aldre an de flesta volontarer, skild och har lamnat mina barn hemma. Dom ar osakra pa hur dom ska hantera detta. Jag far inte ta av mig skorna och lamna dom utanfor Mr DD hus, da hamtar han in dom, dom vill tvatta min tvatt vilket dom inte far och dom tycker jag tvattar skitdaligt. Har har man en speciell tvatt-teknik med gnugg, gnugg, blott, gnugg gnugg. Jag gnuggar inte min tvatt om jag inte har flackar och det gor dom frustrerade. Bar jag ...

... afeccao para continuar o meu caminho. Tanto me chamaram Jesus que eu comecei a responder "Yes I" ou simplesmente a abrir os bracos em sinal de "fui crucificado". Sempre levando na brincadeira, ate que um dia um vendedor ambulante em Kumasi me fez mesmo crer que estaria convencido que eu era a segunda vinda de Cristo, seguindo-me por mais de 15 minutos pelo Mercado. Li muito, aprendi alguns truques, mas, sobretudo, fiz amigos, amigos com um conhecimento milhentas ...

... prejudices, they are feeding me and providing me with a roof over my head and, often, they just won't allow me to leave empty handed, sliding whatever little amount of money they have into my hands "because we never know if you going to be lucky the whole time and find the same hospitality ahead". It turns out that I'd got, from Mauritania to Ghana, nothing but pure, wholehearted generosity, so I piled up CFAs upon CFAs, a French couple gave me 40€ and I ...

Devant attendre pour mon visa *****ian (et je croise les doigts pour l avoir : car on j avais la moitie des papi**s necessaires (et oui il me manque une invitation pour rentree dans le pays) et on m a demande plein de papi**s supplentaires (forcement un touriste qui va dans ce pays c est toujours ...