Its been a hectic 2 weeks! Decided 15 days ago to go to Ghana and volunteer at a school in a small village 3 hours north of Accra. I quit work on Friday at 8am (already had another job lined up), booked flights 4 hours later (Toronto>Manchester>Amsterdam>Accra), and then decided to actually look into the charity, and see if it still existed, as it had been over a year since I had contact with them. Charity still exists. First success (y) There were a few other things to sort out, like getting a few immunizations, getting a visa, pushing back the start date for my new job by 2 weeks, and one or two more things I assumed would be pretty simple. Turns out it wasn't very simple (n) 2 trips to the Ghanaian embassy, 7
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