Blogs from Legon, Greater Accra, Ghana, Africa - page 11

Yes, so there are usually a lot of rumors that fly around this campus and one which we heard last week was that Ghana was going to shut off the water to this region for 10 days. I thought it was not true, because that sounds absolutely absurd... turns out it's legit. Let me explain. First, our ISEP leader, Theresa had warned us that sometimes the water gets turned off for a day or two so we needed to buy buckets. I bought mine, 2 cedis. There are two spickets outside that apparently are hooked up to some other water source and we will be able to access water from there to fill our buckets for showers, etc. Well, last night she told us that we will be without running water for 10 days. Ghana is ... read more

I had been feeling a bit overwhelmed yesterday. I went around campus for the first time by myself and it wasn't so good. I'm used to sticking out in certain places, but here, it is very apparent. Normally, I do not have a problem with it, but yesterday I was just so tired of all the looks that it really kind of upset me. I need to give you some background information on how registration works here. The first couple days we were here we went around to just register for the university. We had to go to different departments and wait in lines to get the right paper work filled in and get our IDs ready. There is no online registration for classes, instead you walk around to each department you want to take a ... read more

Sorry it has taken so long to update this blog. It has been difficult to connect to the internet, and when I first did it was timed and it moved VERY VERY SLOWLY. PAINFULLY SLOW. I left DC around 11. The flight was about 30 minutes late but we got to London 10 min early. I had a whole row to myself but I did not get to sleep at all. I arrived in Heathrow and I was too exhausted to walk around the airport so I sat and read for my 4 hour layover. I went to the right gate and got to Ghana in one piece. Stepping off the plane was weird. First, I had heard that it was very humid here... and that was no lie. The mugginess greeted me the second I ... read more

Hi Everyone, I cannot believe that I am leaving Ghana tomorrow night. I've finished my exams and more and more people from my program are leaving everyday. My first housemate left on Thursday morning, my roommate left on Friday morning and all but four of us are leaving tonight. It is so difficult for me to say goodbye to all the close friends I've made and it will be hard to adjust to life without them. It will be sad not to have Brendan walking around shirtless, Lizzy experimenting with food in the kitchen, Suni and Pete bantering, Natalie asking advice for what she should eat, Megan preaching about everything that's wrong with the U.S., Jessie complaining about all the Ghanaian guys that want to marry her, and Stephanie doing her best Ghanaian impressions. But I'm ... read more

So, as you probably know, my parents came to visit a few weeks ago. Since they've been home, my mom wrote down a few thoughts she wanted to share, so I let her post them here on my blog. I plan to post a blog of my own soon, it's just been a little hectic lately studying for finals... well that... and just being lazy lol. alright well i hope all is well with everyone back in the States! love and miss you all! =p Mom's thoughts: Okay, we are back from our visit to Ghana and I have a few thoughts Lauren is allowing me to share on her blog. First of all, who is that girl over there and what did she do with my daughter? The girl we were with is wise and ... read more