Day 3 (May 21)

Contributed by: Berai

After waking from a deliciously cool sleep we met David (see photo) again and had some breakfast. Jared, John Campbell, Matt Moan,David and Isaac headed out for the city in search of materials for the project. While Dani, Olivia, John-John and I stayed at the hotel to work on project logistics. Once the guys returned from shopping we all went out into the city together and had dinner at Papaye (or Popeye's as Dani would call it) for some Guinness or fanta, fried chicken and rice. After, Papaye we went to the airport in quest for our luggage. The awaited football (soccer) game between Manchester United vs. Chelsea was on a TV outside the airport. Everyone was standing in front of it tense, excited, and yelling as the match continued. Ghanaian's are extremely excited for the World Cup 2010 to come to Africa. We got our luggage (phew!), it took awhile, but everything arrived safe and sound. Afterwards we traveled to Afia Beach and had a meeting with ourselves, David, Isaac and Akunz. Again, it was an exhausting day and after the meeting we hit the sack to get rest before our long haul up to Yua.

Contributed by: Danielle

We spent our first day in Accra shopping and planning for the project. Jared, John, Matt, and David were designated as our shopping crew and went out to battle the bustling markets of the big city. The rest of the crew stayed behind and organized the community health and project assessment plan. Later Olivia, Berai, and John Y. took a stroll to a nearby market, not entirely prepared for the advanced style haggling they met. They survived and John Y. (who had been referred to as “Peter Pan” by a local merchant boy) came back with two beautiful oil paintings at a good price. For dinner we tried the local fare and ended up at a very busy fast food joint called Papeye's (Which means “we can do it” in Twe). We were served a very delicious dinner of chicken and rice with a spicy black sauce called “shito” which provided us with laughs for the rest of the evening (our team has become very easily entertained). It stormed hard this night, the sound of the thunder and rain mingled with the frogs and ocean, made an exciting new sound, even more calming than sleep. Olivia and Berai giggled at Ghanaian TV and went out to briefly play in the warm rain.