http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Cozzette/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Cozzette en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:47:02 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:47:02 +0000 Prince ended up winning Mentor II with Joe coming in second place. I was quite disappointed but that didn't stop me from enjoying my birthday. For my birthday I got some awesome chocolate spread that we had at Fr. Paul's. It was really quite exciting. We visited our friend Kofi who was really surprised that we actually found his place because he really didn't think we could. We hung out a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-123355.html Today's my birthday Yahoooooooooo But it's about 1203 am and I need to sleep soon so I'll update you all on my birthday adventures in the next message. So the first week of work placements was alright. My first day at Theatre for a Change I was a bit intimidated because I didn't really feel like I was qualified enough to be doing the job they gave me which is Monitoring Officer in Somany http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-121102.html It's my birthday on Sunday and you're all invited to my birthday party....at the beach. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-119733.html We moved into the new place and it's really great because there is a really cute puppy named Max. I forgot to write about the yevu Steve that we met in Cape Coast. We tried to figure out why he was in Ghana and all we could figure out that he was here for a business internship and he's going to Sierra Leone in a few weeks. He was supposed to be going to the castle the same day we did becau http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-119729.html Now I'm back in Accra travel time is finished and my work placement starts on Monday. The rest of travel time was alright I got to bake donuts. We found a place to stay and it's cheap and it's in Osu which is the rich tourist part of town so it makes it even more of a deal. Proposals 44. Hm I can't remember what I wrote in the last entry. I met two other yevus and we hung out for th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-118523.html I had a craving for Kraft dinner today. I think I want to try Kraft dinner and pepe. Whoever can send me Kraft dinner gets 17 points. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-116508.html httpsmg.photobucket.comalbumsv225AKAjamalGHANA http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-116143.html Elisha and I decided not to go to Aflao to pick up packages with Sarah and Amy. We decided to ride on the seat of our pants go where the wind takes us and it hasn't taken us very far. We're still in Accra struggling with the Ghana Telecom payphones. Oh guess what I lost a shirt which brings me down to two shirts. It kind of sucks because it was my churchnice shirt. So now I just have d http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-116135.html Operation Hand in Hand was a really awesome place. One of the women that started it Ineke has quite the list of achievements including starting health insurance in Ghana. Her husband Bob is a retired bankerdirectoractor from Chicago and he took us around the place. I really hope we get to go back. We left for Kumasi on New Years Eve. When we got there we asked around if there was anyth http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-115882.html I had to switch computers because the internet kept switching on and off and things were screwing up. So back to my story....they said that Veronica wouldn't be home until later because she was out with her boyfriend and that she must've forgotten about it because her biggest weakness is her memory... So we left in search for banku again and found TZ which was good too. The next morning we s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-114749.html The day after going to Sirigu the plan for Amy and I was supposed to be going to Bongo to see a big rock that's supposed to emit a vibrating boom when struck. But we got lazy and decided to lie around all day. We didn't actually go for dinner at Veronica's house that night so we said we'd go the next night which was the night of the day we were lazy and didn't do anything. Amy stayed back at http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-114743.html Spending Christmas at Dr. Abdulai's was very different from any other Christmas I've ever experienced. He tried to feed between 3000 and 4000 people only the most poor and destitute. It was a very emotionally exhausting day.I got plantains and the ingredients to make kaklo for Christmas. It didn't really turn out the way that it's supposed to be but it was still tasty. I also got hair elasti http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Upper-East/Bolgatanga/blog-114054.html We finally made it to Tamale after an insane million hour bus ride to Kumasi which involved the bus breaking down numerous times and various other bendingthesafetyrules instances and then another long trotro ride the next day to Tamale where I carried my backpack on my lap and was kind of losing circulation in my legs. Tamale is very dry. Everyone told us that our lips would crack and our n http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Northern/Tamale/blog-113058.html Sooooooooooooooooo.... A few days ago I left Dudevi crying uncontrollably and ungracefully. The last three weeks went by much too quickly. But I don't think I really elaborated on Nkawkaw so I'll start with that although it was a while ago. Father Paul the greatest man alive took us sightseeing around the area. We went to the top of the mountain where it really doesn't seem like the top of http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-112177.html So I'm enjoying my last night of electricity before leaving for the second half of the village stay. We had a very enjoyable retreat but I think we're all excited about seeing our families again. I'm really excited to go back to the ugly turkeys of Dudevi. Man they're really really ugly. They have layers and layers of skin hanging off of their faces....euugghh. Anyway one night in the vill http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-105437.html Sorry about the last entry I could've made it so much better but it was my first real experience with electricity in three weeks and I was kind of overwhemeled with hearing from the outside world for the first time in a while. Sooo I'll try again and I can't remember what I wrote the last time The heat was pretty hard to get used to at first at times I felt like I was in a sauna almost shor http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Ashanti/Kumasi/blog-104162.html Stephanie Cozzetteco Sister Bernadetteco Battor Catholic HospitalBox 52 Battor via Accra SogakopeVolta Region Ghana West Africawrite to me NOW http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-102731.html I'm sitting in this internet cafe with 45 minutes left and I have no idea of how to summarize the last month or so of my life. When I think about my life in Canada I have trouble remembering things and it feels like a past life. My experience thus far has been incredible and everyday really is a new adventure. So I will try to explain what I've been up to.....The trotro ride from Accra to Ba http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Volta/blog-102730.html I've finally arrived in Accra the capital of Ghana. We arrived on Monday night just as the sun was beginning to set. It's pretty hot but extremely humidand it's supposed to be the dry season It's the kind of humid where you're always sticky and the kind of hot where you just have to somehow become accustomed to the putrid smell coming from your armpits. Other than that I'm having a rea http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-93241.html You have to run with your own feet to some place you haven't been beforeto a new place.You have to leave the world where you have everything under your control.You have to leave the world where everybody likes you.You have to head into a world where you are poor and powerless.And thereyou'll be converted despite yourself.Richard Rohr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa/blog-91830.html