http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Darren-Wills/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Darren Wills en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:01:15 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:01:15 +0000 Thurs 230807I get up still feel quite ill but know I must do my jobs as this would be the last time I would do them. I was told the children had missed me getting them ready for school only because I muck around as much as they do they like seeing the white man behaving like an idiot But I donrsquot feel like mucking around as I know I will had to leave them here when I go home. I feel l http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-212311.html Tues 210807Irsquom back working at the orphanage the break seems to have helped a bit but I am getting less less sleep each night. I have woken up this morning with a really sore throat as Irsquom bathing the children I feel very rundown. I tell them I canrsquot take them to school I went back to bed shivering. Over the next few hours I get all the symptoms of flu but 10 times wo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-212307.html Sat 180807Today I went to Kakoum National Park. It protects the most extensive rainforest habitats in Ghana feels very hot sticky as the humidity level is around 90. The main reason most people go to Kakoum apart from the wildlife is the 40m high woodandrope walkway suspended between seven trees has a number of viewing platforms. People who know me know how bad I am with heights thi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-212303.html Fri 170807Today I woke as usual at 5am with the kids screaming shouting but today I wake with a really bad headache. I bath the children then go back to bed. The deaf dumb girl starts a fight every 5 minutes and I donrsquot have the patients or the qualifications to deal with someone with those problems. I cant even leave the orphanage for a peaceful walk on my own as everyone I meet wants http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-210389.html 140807Its been a very hard few days. There are a couple of children who want to fight all of the time I find it difficult to control my temper when I see them hitting the smaller children. The hygiene of the orphanage is also a big worry. Since I have been ill I have taken more notice of what they do their lack of knowledge on the subject is scary this is just the adults Irsquom talking http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-209823.html 080807Today I woke up had to kill a giant cockroach that was in my room. It was huge I felt sick as I repeatedly bashed its brains in with my shoe I told the others they joked that I was now a real African hunter my next kill would be a snake. I said if I saw a snake I would scream all the way to the airportI went back to the hospital for a checkup all was good. As I walked throug http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-208305.html 070807I am back at the orphanage after 4 days in the hospital. At 3am on Friday I woke with a really bad stomach pain. I was curled up in a ball sweating not knowing what was wrong. At 4am I started being violently sick just about making it to my door. This happened every 10 minutes until 7am when I heard the children outside. I told them get someone but pretending I was ok as not to scare th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-208301.html 010807Now a routine is starting to appear with my work. I get up bath the kids walk them to school do a few jobs meet the children at 3pm entertain them bath them again then do something fun educational before they go to bed.There is one boy called Nathaniel who from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to bed does not stop crying. I think he has real mental health issues bec http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-208296.html 300707I have been named Kwesi as I was born on a Sunday. I again got up at 6am this morning but woke at 4am as the cockerels started up. They are part of the small farm 100 yards away they have about 5 pigs and a few hens a cockerel. My first job is to bath the younger children all 12 of them. I bath them as I wash myself each day pour a bucket of cold water over them soap them up and the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-208012.html 290707I woke up at 6am. I never knew there was two 6amrsquos in one day. I was asked if I wanted a special menu but I want to eat what they eat or at least try their food. After breakfast we all went to church. It is a small wooden hut with very old school desks. The service was sort of like Pentecostal Full of music singing chanting shouting in the local dialect Fante Even though I d http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-208003.html 280707I Arrived in Accra at midnight. Accra looks dark and scary at night. I took a taxi after being met at the airport by Godfrey. The roads are in need of some work as the potholes feel 6 foot deep. I woke up in a nice hotel room from there we took a taxi into town. It is so different at day So many people and the buildings are so colourful. All the peoplersquos faces re filled with life http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-207988.html