Hey all! Sorry, I know, I've been slacking on my blog lately...but thats because I've been traveling.
I just had mid-service medical in Accra--yeah, thats right, I've officially completed half of my service here..crazy! Time flies. Anyways, Accra is so, so very refreshing after staying in a village for so long. We were able to go out to restaurants and eat REAL obruni food, my first real salad in a year! Plus, my friend Meg has a birthday really close to mine and some Korean guys from her site took us out to this unbelievably fancy Korean restaurant. The bill at the end of the night was more than I get paid in an entire month, and there were only four of us there! Then we went to a karoke bar...it was a blast.
Now I'm in Koforidua, where the new volunteers are being trained. I'll stay here for about a month helping prepare them for what lies ahead.
I'll do my best to write more soon, but have to go meet the chief with the new trainees right now. Oh, and happy fathers day to all the dads out there!! Love ya,
Diana
This is me at the Amsterdam airport after far too many hours without sleep! I didn't realize quite how scary I look in the picture until I posted it...but I think it's funny.
This was one of the first meals I ate with my homestay family. I soon figured out that it was not customary for Ghanaians to eat together like this (they were just doing it as a sort of introduction to the family) and I ended up eating most of the meals over the next 10 weeks alone, which I was totally ok with. It also is not customary to talk while eating in Ghana (due to the abundant amount of spices used in the food, they are afraid they will choke if they try and talk while eating) so eating alone is virtually the same experience anyways.
Here is a pic of me and the girls at a spot. Check out the gigantic beers they serve here (for only 1 Ghana Cedi too!).
I took this picture while riding in a car on the way to Bote Waterfalls. At first I was like "shoot I think I accidently got those people that we were passing in the photo", but once I saw it I thought it was a really cool pic.
This is Kukurantumi, the town where I had training. It is right before the daily rain...
A kiss for you!