Hello from Accra! As some of you know, I am spending the summer working at an NGO called Ghana Center for Democratic Development. I figured a blog would be a good way to keep lots of people up to date at the same time about my adventures here. Feel free to comment below, or email/facebook me if you have any specific questions, or just want to say hi!
After an 11 hour flight from New York, I arrived in Accra around 8am local time (4am at home), and was getting settled in my hotel by around 10am. Driving there, I was struck by how flat the country is (what a contrast to Cape Town, with Table Mountain, where I studied abroad as an undergrad).
The people at the hotel are so nice and hospitable (which, I have repeatedly been told since coming here, is a wonderful trait of Ghanians). The crazy traffic with lots of taxis and tro-tros (mini-busses), and crowded markets, people speaking in a variety of languages, can be a bit overwhelming, but luckily a hotel employee (himself a student) has been very helpful in showing me around, getting me a phone, etc.
After lunch and a much-needed nap, I want for a walk on my own to get a better sense of the area- lots of shops, stalls, selling everything from cell phone minutes to bags full of water to refrigerators. Tomorrow I'm going to try to navigate public transportation on my own, keeping in mind the hand signals that I've learned are used to signal where you are going. Though it’s raining cats and dogs right now, hopefully tomorrow will be a beautiful day
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