Yesterday I played soccer with the boys from the orphanage and the village. They play hard and a high grade of soccer. I ripped my shorts. I love those shorts! It's sad. It was yellow with stuff on it which everyone will agree are the best kinda shorts. They used to hang on the hips and were so comfortable and loose. Sigh! Michitaro - the Japanese volunteer was a gun! He teaches sport I guess so it's not too surprising. I'm looking forward to playing again next Tuesday... maybe in my green shorts - i don't like them that much. It was great to finally do some physical exercise.
When teaching Citizenship Education, we were discussing the tourist attractions of Ghana and spoke about Boti falls and mentioned how we visited them recently. The kids from the village have never been to Boti Falls. It makes sense though. Even though the falls are only 2 hrs away, the tro-tro + entrance fee comes to almost 8 cedis (8 AUD) which is 1/5 of the monthly income for a family in the village. So we decided to take the kids to Boti. They were jumping around all excited when we told them the news. Munnie - I still have the money from you and instead of buying clothes and toys which all the volunteers do, I felt this is the best way to spend the money. I'm hoping to hire a bus and take them to a beach in a couple of weeks as well since they've never seen the ocean!
So tomorrow we go back to Boti. I'll make sure to take heaps of pics. Should be great fun.
I promise pics next post - for real this time. I keep ending up at internet cafes when I least expect. Maybe I should just carry the cable around.
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Dear Siddharth: your bama and I just finished going through your blog. (Your father informed me about your blog yesterday). Sorry to hear about the loss of your shorts. Perhaps you were meant to switch to a traditional Ghanian outfit soon and now you have your chance. Hope to see a photo of you in full Ghanian regalia soon ! Your bama wants to see all your photos so please send it ASAP, dreadlocks and all (but without the smell of the 3-month log unwashed hair).
Glad you are doing your bit to educate the villagers of Ayeniah.
Affectionately, peddananagaru
Hi Pedananagaru! Good to hear from you! At the rate at which i'm going through these clothes I'll have no choice but to switch to the local attire very soon - so stay posted! The dreads unfortunately will be 2 more months.
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