Today's post will be relatively concise. We arrived, safe and sound in one piece to Ghana and met with Blue-Med representatives. We dragged our pile of luggage from the airport, into two tiny taxis, and made our way to Accra Mall, one of the few of its kind in Africa. Taking turns pulling the luggage and making sure that no one lost anything was more of a hassle than any of us expected! All of us worked up a sweat.
After grabbing a bit of chicken to eat and exchanging currency, we made our way to an old van, which would take us to Ho, the town we would be staying in. All of us were terrified that the van would completely turn over itself, but luckily that did not happen on our five hour car trip there.
Many of us noted that street vendors would actually come up to cars in traffic jams and attempt to sell passengers everything, from a new pair of jeans to a clock to a bag of pure water (yes, BAGS of water). The amount of effort that many of these vendors took to sell their products was astounding. Not only did you have to avoid being accidentally hit by a car, but you had to balance the products on your heads and pick up cash at the same time.
After exiting the city, the roads became a lot more scenic. Only a few hours later, we were faced with the wonderful sight of the Lake Volta, the largest man-made reservoir in the world. The sight was breathtaking. Simply breathtaking.
Finally, at eight in the evening, we finally arrived at the house, groggy and exhausted, but ready to get started with work in the morning.
Night world!
Erica
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