Hi family & friends, as the Ghanaians say; "Akwaabe". Welcome to my blog! If I had to describe these first days in one word: WOW. Everywhere I've been, so much is going on, so many people, so much talking, so many contrasts all around you... Where do I even start? I will just chronologically tell you a bit about what I've done and seen. I am currently in the bus, going from Accra to Kumasi (where I will work). This is called the VIP bus, which means very very nice seats (yes, better then the Delaware Express) and AC blowing (good thing I'm used to that after my time in the US). The past 2 nights I stayed with a host family in Accra, where Victoria picked me up from the airport. That went pretty smooth, except for the fact that I took the offer from a cab driver to make a call with his phone when I couldn't find her initially, after which he obviously wanted me to buy him credit... I just played the dum tourist not understanding him, and apparently my acting skills weren't so bad :-)
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It has been a while, not because I had bad internet connection but because it has been hard to find time to write. I'm now in my second week of working here, so I'll update you a little bit on what has happened! Before I went to Ghana MeetAfrica told me that you need to give yourself 1-2 weeks to orientate and observe before you can really start doing the work that you planned on doing (as far as you should really plan much). I have experienced that this is definitely true :-) The first week was mostly about finding out who and what I'm exactly working around, and especially finding out a lot more about the way people communicate (or sometimes don't communicate).
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