God write an entire post on every hour I spent in Ghana.
Here today. Gone-a (Ghana) tomorrow. We're Ghana have fun in Ghana.
[Insert fake laugh here] Oh man the jokes never get old. (false)
I think Ghana lives up to any Africa expectations anyone would have.
Monday to Tuesday we stayed at a guest house in Apuka. It was very
cool. Everyone was expecting this beach house and we show up and it's
in the middle of this village (nicer than most) with no doors or AC
and barely running water. There was a group of eight of us and we had
the entire thing to ourselves (sorta).
The guesthouse was connected to the lady's (who ran the guest house)
house. She had one male and one female "black helpers" that lived
with her. The whole situation was very interesting. She provided us
with a taxi driver who was our personal tour guide the first two days.
One thing to know about Ghana: It takes FOREVER to get anywhere.
From our port of Tema to Accra (the biggest city with 2.3 million
people) it took an hour and a half. (around 20 miles apart). We spent
an average of 7 hours in the taxi (not air conditioned with 3 people
in the back and one in the front) each day. It wasn't as bad as it
sounds though because it was only 33 degrees Celsius (91.6 F)
outside. We were all wearing pants/leggings too because you aren't
suppose to show your knees. I am positive I have never looked worse
than I did when I boarded the boat at 9pm on Tuesday. It was a very
special sight. I am very sorry y'all missed it.
So the first day we went to Makola Market. It's crazy. That's all I
can say. They have different sections dedicated to different
products: fabric, pots, fruit, seafood, manufactured goods. I saw
live crabs, live snails (the size of a small dog), dead/dried fish?,
and my favorite, a guinea pig (or some rodent) to eat (it was dead).
You're not allowed to take pictures. They get very irritated even if
you have a camera around your neck.
Next we went to Osu. Osu has many restaurants, a supermarket (very
hard to find in Ghana), and is a section of Accra. We ate at a fast
food kinda place that had lots of chicken options. I'm pretty sure
it's similar to McD's except more expensive. I think they consider
fast food an expensive option.
After that we went to the Accra mall. I NEED clothes but this
shopping was not sufficient. It's hard to describe but it was very
small (but looked like any mall we would have, infrastructure-wise)
and the stores all sucked. There was a cute Crate n Barrel like store
but it was expensive even to me.
Finally we went back to the guest house and drank a little. It's
obvious but interesting to note that products made in Ghana are so
cheap but things that need to be imported in are incredibly
expensive. I really only noticed because these goods are different in
the US. The products that people have to show they're wealthy are
completely different than in America. For drinks we attempted to get
Ghanaian bottles. The gin was by far the cheapest at 4.5 cedi ($2.85)
(for an entire bottle!!). It was only this cheap for the brands
produced in Ghana. Any of the brands recognizable were similar prices
as in the US.
Fun Fact: I am COVERED in bug bites. In the Amazon I didn't really
have that many but here I have a ton. I also think I had an allergic
reaction to one but it has gone away now so I think I'm safe. Like so
so so so many. ( I just counted 5 on my left ankle). (And I forgot
to take my malaria pill yesterday…fml…and now today. I'm sorry Mom)
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