Damary and I were in Wunlanyili last week for a couple of days and it was fine. We are going again this week for a night too. I will post photos after our next stay.So, in the meantime, random things go on here that you might be interested in knowing/seeing. We go to the center of Tamale where there are lots of street vendors and a food market. We park the car at a gas station and then walk around to do our shopping. Some days I really miss organized shops with air conditioning but some days I love my market shopping!
Sometimes after we finish our food shopping we dig through the used clothes that people have hanging up or in piles on a sheet on the ground or on a wagon. The ones hanging up are more expensive. You have to bargain so the price could be from $1-$4 (I would never pay $4, just saying). The ones in piles can be from .30 -.75 cents. It is hot though to be digging and one day I tried on a pair of jeans. Ughhhh such a sweaty experience but when it is cheap, well, you deal with it. I know some of these clothes and shoes come from thrift stores in western countries because I can see tags on them :) funny.
Sometimes after we finish our food shopping we dig through the used clothes that people have hanging up or in piles on a sheet on the ground or on a wagon. The ones hanging up are more expensive. You have to bargain so the price could be from $1-$4 (I would never pay $4, just saying). The ones in piles can be from .30 -.75 cents. It is hot though to be digging and one day I tried on a pair of jeans. Ughhhh such a sweaty experience but when it is cheap, well, you deal with it. I know some of these clothes and shoes come from thrift stores in western countries because I can see tags on them :) funny.
Check out how much rain gathers on the ground in minutes. After the rain there is a brief cool period. Since we are technically not in the wet season yet, the cool leaves and it gets hot, a humid-hot. Not so nice but soon it will come where the cool will stay a bit longer and the humidity will be high but without the high temps. When I came in August last year that was almost every day...ahh, it was beautiful.One last bit. Again, I miss convenience. My glasses's nose piece fell off. I went to an Eye clinic to see if it could be fixed. Nope. "We don't have those kind". Ok, so I had an old pair of glasses and I decided to get the lenses of the new-ish frames into the old ones. I went to an eye clinic where they had a big billboard with all this information of all the services they can offer blah blah blah... They tell me they can do this and it will only cost me about $10. My glasses are pretty big and my old frames are small. The next day they call me and say it's finished. I had a friend pick them up for me and when I tried them on...TOTALLY COULD NOT SEE! It was as if someone smudged them really bad. So, I cleaned them and tried again. I couldn't read or anything. I looked closely and saw that there were tiny scratches all over the lenses. They totally ruined my lenses! (sigh) Ghana, ghana, ghana... The next day I called them and said this is really terrible and they were like are you sure? Uh... duh, yeah. When I went again I just told them since the lenses are now spoiled just put the old lenses back into the old little frames. I know they couldn't find the lenses at first because I heard them call their lab but then they did. When I was there this time they let me come into the exam room. I was shocked to see such few things. They had an eye board with the big letters, you know like E... They had a wooden chair with a cushion ripped. The doctor (was he really a doctor??? I don't know) had a brief case of those little lenses they put in when they say, "do you like it better this way or this? A or B?". I was wondering how they do all the services they claimed to do. I was very thankful for the care I get in my home country. But what about people here? Again, I am assaulted at the poverty here and the plethera at home. I don't know what to do with these thoughts sometimes...Ok, I digress--so, then I come back another day and try my glasses on. Still not right. I didn't know what to do because I was already feeling pain from wearing my contact lenses too much in a day. But then, it must have been from God, I turned my frames upside down and switched eyes (lenses)...and I could see! They did not put the lenses back in correctly and my eye strength is different in each eye. I call them and tell them this is not correct and that I will bring them in for them to change it. They were like, "Are you sure? We cannot mix up lenses. We cannot." Well, buddy, ya did. When I gave it to them they were very like this-is-all-your-fault when really I was like dude-you-are-maybe-27-years-old so back off! They did fix it and it was perfect and I know the guy was shocked. But, yeah, I don't think I will be going there again. When I told DooShik he said, "Oh, Sherri, I should have told you, in Tamale we don't go to eye doctors or dentists." Now I know. I did go on the internet and order a new pair of glasses. A bit big, but I can see!!! (Thanks again to Mom and Dad to send them out to meeeee!!)
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