I'm in Ghana! We've made it! After almost 24 hours of traveling we made it to Accra, Ghana!
We spent the morning doing a windshield assessment of our population we will be working with. We walked around the tiny streets, which have no sidewalks, while trying not to get hit by cars, and asked local sreet vendors about hospitals, access to healthcare, etc. Some of the responses we received were interesting. One lady, who made and sold beautiful African pottery told us that she didn't eat cow meat because she had heard it was bad for her kidneys. Instead she occassionally will eat some fish for protein.
After walking the streets for an hour or two, we headed to the Accra mall, the newest addition to the city. Boy was it busy! Today is a national holiday, Worker's Day, so everyone was there eating lunch and shopping. We exchanged our U.S. dollars for Ghanaian Cides, and got some lunch. We ate authentic African....PIZZA! Yes, my first meal was pizza, but I'm not complaining! Pizza is my favorite food! Then we hit up the grocery store and got all the food we will need for the next week and a half, before we began the 4 hour trek to Abomosu. Let me just say, that those 4 hours felt like eternity. There were about 20 suitcases, 2-3 coolers full of food, grocery bags, newborn and dental hygiene kits, and 11 people all piled into 1 van. The three of us in back didn't have enough room to sit with all the luggage so I spent half of the long, bumpy ride on my knees...lovely! But at least the van had air conditioning. I don't think I would have made it if it wasn't for that one reddeming quality. Our driver, Yao, knows his way through the streets pretty well and got us safely to our destination: A little village known as Abomosu. We arrived in Abomosu at night, so I didn't get to see much of the village, but the place we are staying is quite comfortable and homey!
It is a cute little house with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a kitchen and family room. No air conditioning, but fans! It feels a little more humid out here, than in the city! haha Anyways, I am eager to get to bed! I am exhausted! Can't wait to explore the village tomorrow!
We spent the morning doing a windshield assessment of our population we will be working with. We walked around the tiny streets, which have no sidewalks, while trying not to get hit by cars, and asked local sreet vendors about hospitals, access to healthcare, etc. Some of the responses we received were interesting. One lady, who made and sold beautiful African pottery told us that she didn't eat cow meat because she had heard it was bad for her kidneys. Instead she occassionally will eat some fish for protein.
After walking the streets for an hour or two, we headed to the Accra mall, the newest addition to the city. Boy was it busy! Today is a national holiday, Worker's Day, so everyone was there eating lunch and shopping. We exchanged our U.S. dollars for Ghanaian Cides, and got some lunch. We ate authentic African....PIZZA! Yes, my first meal was pizza, but I'm not complaining! Pizza is my favorite food! Then we hit up the grocery store and got all the food we will need for the next week and a half, before we began the 4 hour trek to Abomosu. Let me just say, that those 4 hours felt like eternity. There were about 20 suitcases, 2-3 coolers full of food, grocery bags, newborn and dental hygiene kits, and 11 people all piled into 1 van. The three of us in back didn't have enough room to sit with all the luggage so I spent half of the long, bumpy ride on my knees...lovely! But at least the van had air conditioning. I don't think I would have made it if it wasn't for that one reddeming quality. Our driver, Yao, knows his way through the streets pretty well and got us safely to our destination: A little village known as Abomosu. We arrived in Abomosu at night, so I didn't get to see much of the village, but the place we are staying is quite comfortable and homey!
It is a cute little house with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a kitchen and family room. No air conditioning, but fans! It feels a little more humid out here, than in the city! haha Anyways, I am eager to get to bed! I am exhausted! Can't wait to explore the village tomorrow!
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