First Weekend

So it’s now been just over a week that I’ve been here, and I just finished my first weekend in Ghana. For a first week it was pretty good. The first 24 to 48 hours were rough, but after that it was all pretty good. Rip-offs, answering phones, I just kind of laughed it all off and it was a lot of fun.

The weekend wasn’t quite as much fun as I hoped it would be. I didn’t find anything in particular to do, so on Saturday I went to the birthday party for the boy from my adoptive Canadian diplomat family. It was fun, and kind of made me miss birthday parties out in Windsor Park.

Sunday they invited me to their little beach hut. It was this beach called Langma, just outside the suburbs of Accra. The hut was cool because it literally was just two picnic benches closed in with a roof over top of it. Very natural, very Ghanaian, although you could see some construction suggesting in ten years the entire place will be dominated by resorts.

The beach was amazing, I’ll post pictures when I get the chance. It was just miles of coast I’m sure, with some of, if not the biggest waves I’ve ever seen. And the water was really nice and warm. At the same time, the undertow was maybe the strongest I’ve ever experienced. The coast is pretty harsh, and I’m not sure I saw anybody go past their waist. But it was sweet for boogie boarding, even if you get bounced and bopped around a lot. I’m pretty sure I got kind of sun stroke, but whatever.

Other than that the weekend was kind of uneventful. I got pretty dehydrated and kind of sick last night, but I’ve still avoided any real sickness or anything.

I’m gonna see if I can find another place to live other than with this family, but so far what I’ve checked out hasn’t worked out.