Friday Night in Accra

So far in my almost two weeks here I haven't done any travelling outside of Accra, I guess aside from the beach last weekend. I was planning on going to another beach this weekend with some interns, but last night happened, and I definitely couldn't wake up on time this morning.

I got invited out by a couple of the interns and gladly took them up on that. We went to this pretty big bar Epo's, where you mostly sit on the roof of the place. It was so cool, getting to sit up on the roof, on a beautiful night (not too warm, kind of a breeze) and look out on Osu (the "western" neighbourhood in Accra) and all that. Plus drinks were rediculously cheap. A "large" Star (the big Ghanaian beer), which is like 700 ml I think cost about 10,000 Cedis, so roughly one dollar. Double gin and coke cost 11,000.

I made a mistake though, once I'd had a few cheap drinks. All around these bars there are street vendors with street food. Outside this one, there was this guy selling kebabs (beef I think, but who knows). They are just coated with spices. I had one, and thinking I was tough and apparently getting a mild one without knowing it, went for another one. I ate a second one, inhale it almost, and then it just hits me. My stomach just started flipping out. I felt really sick almost immediately, and it took a 1.5 litre bottle of water to help my digestive system get through that crisis.

Then we took off for a club elsewhere in the area. It was weird to walk around at like 1AM in Accra. This like 12 year old Gypsy beggar kid followed me the entire way. When I got out of the club two hours ago, he was there again. The club itself, Mukumba's or something like that, was extremely western. It really was no different than what you'd find in Ottawa or whatever. Even drink prices were as expensive if not more pricey than at home.

It was a really fun night for sure.