Thats how I got to Africa

And now I shall, with great enthusiasm, reenact my harrowing story of traveling to Ghana.  Ok, honestly it wasn’t that bad, and I’m feeling pretty darn good. 

To begin, I found out that a good way to give one’s self a heart attack is to accidentally set one’s watch two hours ahead when its really only a 1 hour difference.  Guess what, when you only have a 1 hour lay over, it makes a HUGE difference. 

On my way to DC from Denver I sat next to a man who said he was in realestate in Dubai, but spent most of his time studying for his PhD in poli sci, and teaching under privileged children ju jit zu.  Barney?  Barney Stinson?  No?  Sorry, my mistake. 

Now to DC.  Cabin pressurization. It’s important.  Our plane didn’t have it.  I was asleep by the time we taxied from the gate and was massively confused when we were back at it when I woke up.  About 3 hours later I was standing outside of the DC airport at approximately 2 AM wearing clothing fit for Ghana waiting for a ride to a hotel.  Anyways, I found the other girl who was on my plane that is with my program and we got a crash course in getting to know each other by sharing a hotel room and getting to experience the slightly stressful experience of a massive delay. (She is Canadian everybody.  ‘Aboot’, and ‘eh’ kind of Canadian.)  However, the hotel was pretty cush, and I got to call and wake my loved ones up, then sleep in until 11.  I managed to sleep for most of the flight and when touching down in Accra I got a pretty amazing view of the countryside.  It’s very overcast here, and pretty hot especially given the fact that was only about 7 AM.  Its also dusty, but as much as I’ve seen, significantly cleaner than Italy.

The woman I sat next to on the plan (named Alberta) was a native of Ghana and she and I talked quite a bit about the country, my program, and all sorts of things.  She wound up giving me here number and telling me to call when I got a phone.  What you should be taking from that is that everyone so far has been AMAZINGLY nice.  We did go through the whole delayed flight bonding situation, but in addition to that everyone has been very kind, and not at all shy about talking to each other.  I thought we were traveling with a big group who knew each other, but they just all acted like friends even though they were strangers.  That’s kinda cool.  

Anyways, it is about 9:30 here in Accra while I’m writing this and we are waiting at what is basically a bed and breakfast until another member of our team shows up.  Before I go, I just want everyone to think on the fact that my first meal here was (wait for it) eggs, tomato, and a hot dog.  Just think on it. 

Special shout out to one Kelsi Kruger; the stars here are amazing.