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Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi October 15th 2006

Today, I went to the beach with some other volunteers. It was incredibly hot and we seemed to get an audience. Ghanians don't seem to be very subtle about their interest in just staring at white people. We ended up with a whole group of people just standing watching us! Definitly something that will take some getting used to. The current in the sea was so strong and it was not suitable for swimming. I've never seen such waves and you could be swept off your feet by just paddelling. There were coconut trees and for 10 000 cedi a man would clim up and get a fresh coconut. This was definitly a good idea and it tasted incredible!... read more
King Charles Beach
Beach
Beach

Africa » Ghana » Western » Afransi October 13th 2006

Tina, the coordinator in Accra took us to our placements and to stay with our host families from Accra. Out of the 10 people in my orrientation group, I'm reasonably near 3 people and it is good to have a few contacts. We were all taken together in a taxi and everyone was a bit nervous because it was finally beginning to feel like it was actually happening. Most of the children in my family were at school, when I arrived but I had a good welcome from my host mother Alice and host sister who is 3. The house I'm staying in is a compound house and so more than just my family lives there. I've got my own room which is a good thing and it is even painted blue. It is really difficult ... read more
Dina and me
Dina
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