Yes, I am saved by a fellow American! Her name is Diana and she is from Florida, she just arrived last Tuesday. She is also volunteering at The Wisdom Academy in Grade 4 for 2 months. She is a graduate of University of Florida and after graduation she taught English in Korea for 2 years. Her mother is Korean and her father is Chinese so I am learning a lot from her about her culture and what life is like in Korea. She is very sweet and it is nice to have someone to talk to about normal things. Oh, did I fail to mention that before Diana arrived I was the only white person in my village which attracted a lot of attention so I am glad that all the locals now have a new person to look at.
So after my first week of teaching we decided we needed to get out of the mountains for the weekend and hit the beach! We took a tro-tro(a 12 passenger mini van, that can cram in about 16 at one time, many times i have young children sitting on my lap because there is no room for them and the mother is already holding the baby) to Accra, an hour drive costing about $2.00 US which is not bad at all. Spent the night at Richard's parents house(my roommates) in Accra. His parents were very nice and happy to put Diana and I up for the night. Richard is from a royal family in Ghana. His father is a chief in Cape Coast. I was excited to have dinner out at a REAL restaurant and actually ordered chicken(i never order this out) because i have had no meat since i have arrived and was craving something other than the usual egg, rice and speghetti. Diana and I enjoyed a bottle of south african wine. And the chicken was imported from South Africa which I am being told is good to ask when you go out to eat because the meat in Ghana I should not eat. Richard and Kingwin took us out to a local place for drinks. Sat afternoon went to the largest market area in Accra. I thought I could get by on just using shampoo but my hair is like straw now so I was dying to buy a bottle of conditioner. Bought some more fabric to make a skirt, I am loving being able to design an outfit and it being made in a few days for at the most $3.00. Diana and I went off on our own... Took a 70 minute taxi ($7 US) to a beach east of ACCRA called CoCo Beach and stayed at the Beachcomber on the ocean for the night($13 each). The little cabinas looked like haystacks, so cute and I was able to take a real shower with running water for the first time in 2 weeks, that was great! Some of the locals took us to the happening nitespot called Nest Do, it was on the beach, watched the waves break and danced to the local band. Very fun night out! Sunday, breakfast on the patio overlooking the ocean, lounged poolside all day at the CocoBeach Resort, had hummas and a brickoven pizza. Fun people watching and it was nice to swim all day. Met some nice people who live there but are from Lebonan(sp?). We all exchanged numbers and hope to meet up another weekend. Got back to Kitase at 8:15pm. I will be looking forward to my weekends more than I did in the states and in the time I have here I will be able to visit the entire country by DEC. Next weekend we are going to Big Millie's Backyard, located in a beachtown 40 miles west of Acrra. The sun is still hot during the day, I would say high 80's, low 90's, but at night it is cool. Ghanians are very nice and often help us get onto the correct tro-tro...
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