Man oh man, has it really been a month already?! On the one hand I feel as if I've just arrived, having begun to settle into Accra; on the OTHER hand, it feels like a year since I left JFK! With the exception of last night, I haven't gotten lost in weeks--and that tells me it's time to get the hell outta here! I'm here to be a traveller, and that should be synonymous with getting lost and perpetually asking for directions. So, I enthusiastically announce that, once and for all, I'm headed to the farm! WOOOOOoo!
For those of you closely tracking me on your digitized maps of Ghana (so, basically just my mom), I will be headed north to a small village near Nkawkaw (soft "n"-co-co). There I will spend a few weeks, hit the road back to Accra and start all over again! Niklas, my german buddy, has already been there and felt it to be very hospitable and quite nice (however, the blackflies weren't quite as nice).
It's been a while since my last update so I'll just summarize all the boring stuff quickly: left the doc's for Ken's on the 31. Been there for a few days now. Went to Swedru again (his maternal home) for a night. Niklas is back and we've been going out together. Good stuff. New Years was lame, didn't even go out! Oh well, I have plenty more ahead of me!
Yesterday Nik and I went out in Osu to meet up with some Canadian travelers. They've been just about everywhere and are soon headed to Accra for a few months. I brought them all to the Thursday "spot" known as Bywel Bar and we were treated to some Ghanaian renditions of such pop classics as "somewhere over the rainbow" and some song by Abba. Ghanaian hi-life was performed as well. They bar had quite the eclectic mix of patrons, aged 20-70 with a healthy smattering of obrunis with a sprinkling of high-class hookers just to mix it up a bit. Some of the older ex-pats seemed quite encouraged by their presence. The intermingling was nice though (between obruni and obebeni, tell your dirty mind to forget about the hookers!)
I have a lot I want to write, but my mind is a bit scattered at hte moment so I think I'll just leave it at this. If you want more, CALL ME! HA!
-I will have electricity at the farm, but water will come from a well down the street (30, 300ml packets of "purewater" costs about 50 cents).
Now I think we are headed to the market to buy some long sleeves and maybe even shampoo!
Vocab for the day (SWoo, you can use these w/ your exchange student):
Wohoye me fe - you are beautiful
Majo - good evening
Wohotesein - how are you? (formal)
Me hoye - I am fine (formal)
Medosee - Thank you
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