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We headed up to Kumasi after a near sleepless night - 4am wake-up to make the 6am bus. The bus from Accra to Kumasi took about 5 hours and was like any tour bus you'd imagine in the UK. (only that the driver was getting a little over-excited with the air conditioning as it was freezing) On arrival in Kumasi we had a mini-orientation type thing of the city before meeting up with our host families. After chatting to my host, and seeing other volunteers leave for their placements (most looked quite frightened!), i headed for a tro-tro station (mini-bus) and left for Amoawi - which would be my new home for the next 4 months. On being shown my room i eventually decided to take an early night after near to no sleep the night ... read more