I feel like these past two weeks have been a blur. Let me just give bullet points otherwise I will go on for hours and hours.
-- The day after I came from Gushegu, one of my girls, Deborah, from Accra came to stay with us.
-- I drove for a friend's wedding and was even included in some of the wedding photos. Haha
-- I did three language lessons. One was just learning praise and worship songs which was great.
-- Deb and I came down to Accra on the bus Friday, which took a never-before 14+ hours. Ugh...at least I had someone to be angry with :)
-- We were picked up by Baaba and Amponsah but before driving home we had to make a quick stop to greet our brother's family, who had a death.
-- Saturday morning I had a meeting with resource people who are all participating in a youth camp in August. I had to present my outline on 'Health and Fitness'.
-- In the afternoon, it just so happened that my ballroom club was having a party at a beach and it was not far from where my meeting was. It was fun to see everyone again.
-- That evening I met up with another friend and ate delicious banku with Tilapia! Sometimes I amazed that I went from never liking fish to loving it.
--Monday was my birthday. It rained heavy from 7am -12. Baaba, Amponsah and I talked the whole time. The weather was cool. We were all relaxed and chilled. In the afternoon we went out for pizza and chicken. It was lovely. Their daughter shares the bday with mine so we were able to celebrate together. Baaba got me a purse, not made of African cloth and earrings. Just being with them was a gift.
-- I came back to the office to stay. I went out with Avi and Jules. Always a great time. Afterwards, i realized ice cream was much needed and Jules treated!
-- When I got home, Charity and Damary were in. They took the bus down. Charity and I went to see the movie Aladdin and tried a new restaurant. For dessert, we bought doughnuts. They were legit! We had a Strawberry filled one and an Oreo filled one. Ahhhhhh! The fatness of Accra!
-- My laptop keyboard is not working! May need to get a keyboard to plug in with USB. Some letters on my top row are not working. Sigh...
-- Thursday morning Damary, Charity, Penny and I headed to the Volta Region for a holiday. The road was the worst in Ghana and apparently it is a main highway! Ugh...but we arrived at our lodge near Wli Falls.
-- Wli Falls was stunning. We all loved it. Our lodge was simple but cheap and clean. The food was delicious. The ambiance and environment was wow! Spectacular!
-- Charity and I went to climb the tallest peak in Ghana but it was really intense so we decided to save it for another time.
-- Still with me?
-- Then we headed to a beach place. The owner told us to take a different road, which we did and it was also very nice and the landscape was beautiful. I need to come back to the Volta. So Nice.
-- The beach place...it is quite simple. No running water. Huts on the beach. Sand floors. The security of the place is not so good. Will have to let you know if we stay or if we go.
-- So, that is my nutshell of the past couple weeks. And now we are coming to mid-July! TIME! Goes too fast.
