Blogs from Legon, Greater Accra, Ghana, Africa - page 9

First off... wow, thank you so much for the messages!! I was getting really annoyed because I couldnt get on the internet for the longest time and then I got on and found all these amazing messages that made my day!! You guys rock just for the record. I am still trying to figure out if I can reply to each mesage individually or if I will have to just email you. Hopefully I can do it here because these computers dont seem to like yahoo mail very much. and mom, the lilly comment was for girl casey, not boy casey just for clarification. My only request if any one sends me care packages is to include pictures and there is a madatory Little Debbie snack requirement to get through customs. I dont know why, but ... read more

Today we went on an Accra city tour where it was nice to actually get out and see the town. I saw just a little bit last night. I already said in my last post that they were taking us out and i am really glad I went. Champs was having karoke night and that turned into quite an entertaining evening. I encouraged everyone to go ahead and get up and sing so we had a group of girls (and one guy) sing "My Humps" and then Fergalicious... yes, it was incredible. Followed up by other people from our group singing Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing. We sang a few more songs and it was a really great night. I think watching 2 African men sing Wonderwall while their friend did an interpretive African dance is probably ... read more

Wow...I'm in Ghana. It still hasn't fully set in just yet! Okay, so I have about a 20 stories to tell and I've only been gone for four days. Unfortunately this is my third try at this, because the internet here is not just slow and limited, but it's also a little fickle too. I'm also on the clock right now so I'm going to have to make this short. I promise that my next blog will be much longer, more detail, less scatter brained with the possibility of some pictures and maybe even a video. Alright so, flights went really well, got through security no problem, no turbulence or cancellations, in fact everything was really smooth...until I got to JFK. So what was originally supposed to be a three hour layover turned into eight hours. ... read more

I can't believe my computer just restarted. I had a wonderful, very long update written. And I thought I was all set since travelblog.org auto-saves as you go along. But alas, my whole looong update was just lost. Hmph. Okay, here's the gist. (Updated at of November 12th so that the "gist" has become a fleshed out essay.) :-) Election night was awesome. I stayed up all night at an event off campus (hosted by New York University's study abroad program here- their only one in Africa; isn't that kind of sad?). We watched CNN (they kept saying we'd switch over to BBC and AlJezhira but they never actually did which was a little disappointing) and finally got to see Obama's acceptance speech on a larger-than-life screen at 5:30am. I thought it was pretty funny that ... read more

Today is a very quiet, warm, sleepy Sunday. I'm borrowing Rachel's computer, lying on Sammy's bed, and watching "Sunshine" with Eric and Rachel. Rachel and I made veggie burgers with guacamole for lunch using fresh veggies from the night market. It was amazing. Now I'm very full and very sleepy once again. I left off last time just in time to grab my things and go to class. But then the lecturer was a no-show, so I spent the afternoon making redred for the first time. It came out pretty well and was fairly inexpensive for the quantity it made. I spent the evening eating and hanging out with friends (Daniel, Kristin, Eric, Sammy, Rachel, etc.). Wednesday was early morning Twi. Only half of us showed up so we went over our tests and talked. Then ... read more