Heres how exams are set up in Ghana. Its a very different system than the north american one, but from what i hear its not so far off from the british exam system. We found out our exam dates a few weeks ago, but the location is not given out until two days before the actual test. You need to enter the hall a half an hour before the exam starts to find your student number. Numbers are written in chalk on desks around the room, and you must sit at your corresponding desk. Usually the exam halls have more than [View Full Entry]

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So on sunday morning, still at the eco village, i began to feel a bit off. I thought it was just exhaustion from the day before combined with the awful overbearing heat of the morning sun. unfortuantely that was not the case. Within a few hours i had a raging fever of what i estimate to be around 103-104 because i was nearing delirious. Of course, we were on a non accessable peninsula so we has no choice but to boat it back to the mainland. someone carried me on the boat and we made it back to the mainland alright, [View Full Entry]

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Last weekend we went again to the infamous Dodi island to do some more medical work and plant some more mango trees etc. This time we stayed on a peninsula that is only about 15 minutes by boat from the main land rather than staying all the way out on the island. Technically the island IS on the main land of course, but its not accessable unless you have a jungle motor bike. This peninsula is owned by an uncle of one of our friends, and it is being developed as an eco village. Although this peninsula is only a few [View Full Entry]

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Books read: In Ghana i have had excessive ammounts of free time even though im in class and travelling a lot. This is because there has been little class work if any required. Consequently i have had A LOT of time t oread for pleasure read. The books i read are always tied some how to my experiences, or my perceptions of what is happening. So, i will give you a list of the books ive read, and if you read them maybe you will see a little more of my experience here. The heart of Darkness: Conrad ( not my [View Full Entry]

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heya sooooo my whole thing of being a medic was rather entertaining. I didnt have too much to work with, but i had some anticeptic concentrate, gentian violet, bandages and heat spray. The first match was a bunch of kids, they were pretty funny to watch since most of them are so gangly that theres no real muscle behind their charges etc. At the end though, ALL of the kids came up to me ( once they found out an obroni girl was doing the treatment) and wanted some attention. Some of them even made there own scratches to have need [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, I havnt had time to go through my photos or shrink any of them and thats why the're not up yet. I ll try to get to that soon. Today i am the official medic at a rugby tournament,: i have not the slightest clue as to how i got into that. Someone asked if people knew a little first aid, i said yes and they said im now the official medic... YIKES!@!! i hope there are no serious injuries or anything.. more updates later! [View Full Entry]

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Soooo for everyone who follows football it was the under 20s world cup last week friday in Egypt. Ghana vs. Brazil. everyone who is anyone over here was watching that game... Ghana has gone to the finals 4 times in total but never won, and it was time for a change. We were watching it at a campus bar type place that sells "Chinese" food. The game itself wasn't great, but it was still tied 0-0 after the full 90 and two over times... In PKs Ghana was behind, but they tied 3-3 in the first 5. from there it went [View Full Entry]

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Last weekend we ventured off again this time to the central region which is more west than i have ever been. we headed to cape coast where they have a very old castle that was used for slave trading hundreds of years ago. We stayed in a fancy hotel that came to about 7.5 CAD per night per person. No hot water of course but there was a fan and no bugs sop it was graet! Our goals were to see the two slave castles in the area and walk the world's largest canopy walk in Kakum national park. We set [View Full Entry]

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hey all, The last weekend leaves nothing really to report except that it was hot and getting hotter. I checked once and it was over 85 in my room with lights off fan on full blast and windows open for breeze! This will be a small not on beating the heat which has become my full time pursuit. here are my methods 1) swimming: good overall ,but the beach is a ways away. We went to a pool last week, but then got thrown out because apparently its not officially open. True the water was green, but it was cold and [View Full Entry]

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Im going to rapid fire off a list of frustrations to vent a moment. If you arent interested in thatthen my weekend description will be below.. Frustrations.. Im sick of: 1)teh fact that the bureaucracy here is incredible. We are in the sixth week of class and still doing basic regristration crap. 2) the feeling that if i dont go to class it wont matter because i wont have learned anything anyways. 3) The assumption by a lot of people that Obroni will just pay for everything. People do not understand that while people in the diaspora make more money their [View Full Entry]

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