Ghana!Last night, after I sent out an e-mail, my friends and I met a couple and their friend who drove us home but first took us to this bar and bought us drinks--I had ghanian beer and a ghanian mixed drink that was good. Today, I woke up and went to the market near my house and then headed into town I saw the parts of Accra that are more developed--which made me feel more sane. I was mentally expecting to stay in rural areas and sleep under bug nets and be surrounded by the africa of pictures--I was not mentally prepared for Accra, a city center which is predominately poor and has slums left and right. it is busy, dirty, and crowded. Seeing the developed areas made me feel like indeed, this was a city
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