It is so hot.
The Village
Ayeniah is the the name of the village where OA runs the orphanage and the community school. It is absolutely surreal. I am staying in a little mud hut and have no electricity. Electricity hasn't been to this village in a few months. Just to show you how optimistic the Ghanaian people are - they expect it to be back on "any day now". Behind the hut is the forest - the source of many strange noises in the middle of the night and an army of mosquitoes.
The People
The Ghanaian men are built like Greek Gods and the Ghanaian women are built like Greek Islands. Not sure how that genetic trait developed. The guys are all ripped and have six packs - yes all! Ghanaians are extremely friendly people except for that guy who tried to mug me at the timber market. I'm picking up a bit of Twe (the local language) from the locals. I'm very keen on learning Pigeon which one of the guys is teaching me.
Other Stuff
I visited this town called Wineba yesterday which hosts this annual festival where two tribes (one dressed in white and the other in red) try to catch an antelope. The red tribe won. People go crazy - old grandmas were on the street boogieing down. Remind me to show you the video when I'm back.
Kids
The kids crave attention. They want to hold your hand the whole time and want you to hold them. This kid followed me around everywhere the first day I got there. They are the cutest things ever. I forgot my camera cable in Ayeniah so I'll have to upload the pics next time. The conditions are tough for the kids in the orphanage and even tougher for those in the village.
There is plenty to tell - like voodoo ceremonies, red red and banku, Nanayau and John-Paul, trotros, but then this post would go forever.
I have a Ghanaian ph number now: +233272732855
I'll post again in a few weeks. Munnie - I haven't bought the stuff with the money yet but I will be soon. Stay tuned.
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3 comments:
Sounds like it's all going well. What sort of things are you doing day-to-day at the moment?
- John
Hey mate,
I was playing scategories the other day and had to think of a holiday destintation starting with G.
> they expect it to be back on "any day now
Geez ... this sounds familar. I see the IBM marketing slogans reach as far as Ghana
Hope your going well!
They have a small school for the local village there. I am teaching there. It's really hard since most can only make it couple of days a week since they have to work on the farm.
Computers follow me wherever I go it seems. I'm also setting up a database and a website for the orphanage.
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