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Published: February 17th 2008
I'm slowly but surely starting to get the hang of things. Knowing the lay of the land is one thing, finding the essentials like food, water, toilet paper, laundry soap is another. I found out today that absolutely nothing but the internet cafe is open. Therefore you must make sure that you buy food on Saturday so that you can actually eat on Sunday. Church rules this country. People are up at 6am and are in church until noon, I don't know how they do it.
The weather is becoming easier to bare. It starts off muggy in the mornings, gets extremely hot and humid at midday and then cools down during the late afternoon and night. I'm fortunate that I haven't run into any big problems with bugs, but I'm not holding my breath. The lizzards seem to be quite friendly as well, a small gecko felt quite at ease sitting on my lap yesterday!
I'm also starting to get the hang of the food situation as well. Right outside my house is a street full of vendors and food stops. I usually have bread and Nutella along with Milo (a chocolate powder) mixed with Nido (powdered milk) in the
morning. Fruit is also readily available for anytime of day. Lunch usually consists of rice and chicken, or peanut stew and fufu (mashed up yam and casava plant). For dinner it seems that Jolaf (rice and beans) or egg sandwiches are becoming my favorites. The women make bread fresh every day and the fruit is my sugar savior. I'm also drinking my fair share of Fanta and Coke (in the glass bottles mind you).
Classes will be starting tomorrow. I'm going to have to go quite early to find my lecture room in the maze of the campus which means a wake up time of 6am...and the professor probably won't even show up. But hopefully soon, things will start to become more solidified.
Last night, our CIEE group was treated to a very nice dinner and the entertainment of a traditional dance group. They were absolutely amazing!! The drummers were so talented, you could barely see their hand moving because of the speed of their drumming. And the dancers were unbelievably fit. They danced for over an hour, always at a fast pace...and when I say fast, I mean lightening speed. No one could believe that they could last that
long in the heat, but it was well worth it. After last night, many of the students are excited to sign up to take traditional dance classes at the University. I myself am not going to indulge due to lack of time, however it's probably for the best. I would be that awkward abroni (the Twi word for "light skinned person" that everyone calls us here) in the back of the room throwing everyone else off.
That's all to report for now!
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Aunt Connie
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Nice going sweetie,
I almost wished I could be with you. However, I am not in favor of leaking refigs. or toilets. Keep us posted, stay safe and I love you. Oh, the pictures are great.