Well, It has been another amazing weekend… I’ll start from the beginning.
ME and some friends (3 of whom I have travelled with on all of my trips) were talking in class and I said, “so, where are we going?” out of no where and they all said lets look at the map. So we pull out the map and pick a spot, the place where the river meets the sea, Ada-Foah.
The next night I pack some few necessaries into my Banjo case and put it on my head and take off. We walk through the most downtown part of Accra, very busy, and everyone is looking at me funny because I have a banjo on my head, and I am white. WE get to the bus station with the help of many friends and 2 hours later we arrive at a beach resort that no one else is staying at. We get a nice deal and settle down at the bar for some dinner and a few beers. The next morning we go to the ocean and it is beautiful and the huge waves are rolling in so we swim for hours. But only one of us got a bad burn, I did well with the sun screen this time!
Later on we decide to take a boat trip and the guy takes us to a small village on an island where they make strong sugar cane rum. And it was the chiefs birthday, so we sit down and drink and end up singing to him for and hour. We sing oh Canada, the fresh prince of Belair theme song, oh they built the ship titanic, just ridiculous songs to be singing to a chief on his birthday. We made him a card when he was away for a few minutes and he was blown away that we knew his name, and he liked the highlighter pen so we gave it to him. Good Ol’ Ebenezer, we all gave him our phone numbers.
The next day on our way home we stopped before we got on the Tro tro and saw a local phenomenon, a huge dead and rotting whale on the beach. This things smelled so bad and was so huge, it was just incredible. And a rare occurrence in these parts I think. IT was great.
And then we arrived home and now I have been writing essays and the like for some and have much more to do before Wednesday, about the time that I have to start studying for my exams which fall next week. But after them I will have two credits for third year, amazing how the time is flying here.
Well, I wish you all the best and home that all is good with all you fellars, peace and love.
Note, after writing this I saw a kid with a tim hortons t-shirt on. Pretty cool... eh...
ME and some friends (3 of whom I have travelled with on all of my trips) were talking in class and I said, “so, where are we going?” out of no where and they all said lets look at the map. So we pull out the map and pick a spot, the place where the river meets the sea, Ada-Foah.
The next night I pack some few necessaries into my Banjo case and put it on my head and take off. We walk through the most downtown part of Accra, very busy, and everyone is looking at me funny because I have a banjo on my head, and I am white. WE get to the bus station with the help of many friends and 2 hours later we arrive at a beach resort that no one else is staying at. We get a nice deal and settle down at the bar for some dinner and a few beers. The next morning we go to the ocean and it is beautiful and the huge waves are rolling in so we swim for hours. But only one of us got a bad burn, I did well with the sun screen this time!
Later on we decide to take a boat trip and the guy takes us to a small village on an island where they make strong sugar cane rum. And it was the chiefs birthday, so we sit down and drink and end up singing to him for and hour. We sing oh Canada, the fresh prince of Belair theme song, oh they built the ship titanic, just ridiculous songs to be singing to a chief on his birthday. We made him a card when he was away for a few minutes and he was blown away that we knew his name, and he liked the highlighter pen so we gave it to him. Good Ol’ Ebenezer, we all gave him our phone numbers.
The next day on our way home we stopped before we got on the Tro tro and saw a local phenomenon, a huge dead and rotting whale on the beach. This things smelled so bad and was so huge, it was just incredible. And a rare occurrence in these parts I think. IT was great.
And then we arrived home and now I have been writing essays and the like for some and have much more to do before Wednesday, about the time that I have to start studying for my exams which fall next week. But after them I will have two credits for third year, amazing how the time is flying here.
Well, I wish you all the best and home that all is good with all you fellars, peace and love.
Note, after writing this I saw a kid with a tim hortons t-shirt on. Pretty cool... eh...
posted by almo | 7:30 AM
2 Comments:
What a weekend you had, Alex! I spent Saturday at the St. Lawrence Market and nattering at Big Sushi with friends I bumped into on Bloor St. Not a whale in sight. Not even a Tim Hortons t-shirt...though the coffee was around the corner.
I hope essays and exams all go well. What comes after that?
Thanks for posting so often. Keep well and thriving.
Janet
Hey alex! It was so nice to talk to you on the phone the other day. I guess that was too weeks ago, but it still seems so recently. I love your story about singing to the cheif!
things here are good. Halloween was fun, carving pumpkins and dressing up! My favorite!
much love
Katharine
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