3 posts tagged “ghana”
Here are a few pics from my trip to Ghana in June. It was an amazing voyage.
Phew. It's been a crazy past couple days, and I think that I was surprised that it didn't take as much getting used to as I had imagined. Maybe it's because I've lived in African, and (well used to) travel to the Caribbean a lot.
BUT
On Thursday I arrived and was probably the 10th person going through border control ( a very good thing). My name was almost immediately called over the loud speakers. I was to go to the information desk. There I met Dinah. She manages the hostel and adjacent office. She greeted me and told me that my luggage hadn't arrived. And I wasn't really surprised because our flight was delayed in New York, and I along with hundreds of others had to sprint to catch my flight. She suggested that we wait a little longer just to see what happens, and guess what pops up. I was relieved to know that I would at least have the comfort of my stuff for the first couple of days. As we were getting into the taxi outside my name was announced over the loud speaker again. This time to tell me that my bag hadn't arrived. Oh well, I hope they got that sorted out.
The city was interesting. A mix of old and new I guess. The hostel is in the middle of the city around the police station and different embassies and such, and so I guess in a good part of town. We got there around 11-something and I was greeted by Nicola from London. She kind of introduced me to the house and wanted to know about my plan while I was there. I met Quarshie, a young guy who helps to take care of the house. I got water and tuna sandwiches, and during that time Arjan, from Holland came down to say hi. Both him and Nicola were on their way to their respective internships-which both are quite impressive. Arjan does marketing, I believe, Nicola is working on a bird flu prevention progam and has even met the Minister of Health. After that I had to take a couple naps to get attuned. After doing some grocery shopping with Dinah, we went out for drinks and dinner with Alex, Laura's sister. Laura runs Ikando. We took a cab to Venus, a cutew little restaurant in the Osu district. The first night was bad since I couldn't sleep at all. The fan was on but I was still feeling somewhat congested from the plane. Well, I only got a couple hours rest and had planned on starting up for work the next morning, but I luckily electricity was out, and they took some pity on me so that I was able to get a little more rest.
So, I finally received my Visa yesterday. It's hard to believe that everything has fallen into place, and I will be ready to leave in a few days. I'm excited and nervous at the same time, but luckily the excitement is taking over.
