Happy St. Patrick’s Day and happy Mordecai’s birthday (Alec and my cat). I’m blogging early this week because Emily and I want to go to the art center tomorrow when we don’t have classes. The art center is a big craft market so I’ll let you know how that goes. Last week was pretty good. Class is class. I’ve still been reading a lot. Last week I finish What is the What, I read Profiles in Courage, and now I’m in the middle of Friday Night Knitting Club.
On Thursday night, I went out for a little bit for a girl’s birthday (who is in my program). They were going out to Monsoon, a really upscale restaurant in Osu, and to the night club Aphrodisiac. I just met them at Monsoon but didn’t eat since the food was about 20 cedis. I could eat for a week on that much money if I tried. They did have really nice sushi there. It’s probably the only sushi in Ghana. It was a Thursday night and I was pretty tired so I didn’t end up going out to the club with them but I’m curious to see what Aphro is like at some point.
On Friday, Emily and I went to Madina Market and to Osu. At Madina, Emily bought a lot of fabric to make quilts and I was looking for a skirt or shorts since I only brought a couple pairs of shorts with me. Ghana has a big used clothing market. A lot of the market is kind of chaotic. People are mostly selling fish, vegetables, home cleaning supplies, etc. but in some semi closed off alleys, there are used clothing kiosks. They’re like Plato’s Closet in quality, but it’s so strange to see it tucked away in a big market. Maybe it’s just one of those things you’d have to see. I couldn’t find what I wanted but I did buy some fabric so that I could have another dress made. Afterwards we went to Osu to get some Chinese food and a smoothie. I’ve missed Chinese food a lot in Ghana so this one place in particular comes the closest.
Saturday morning, Allie, Amy, Jenna, and I left Accra to go to Ada Foah. Ada Foah is along the eastern coast where Volta Lake meets the Ocean. We got there around noon on Saturday and hung out at the beach for a while. The beach was pretty dirty but it was still fun. The waves were huge and the beach was really steep so it was a real struggle to get out of the water. We all had about 3 lb. of sand in our suits by the end of it. For once, I didn’t get sunburned at the beach. It’s an accomplishment for me. I’ve tried to be really careful but it seemed like I couldn’t completely prevent it. I guess I’ve gotten pretty tan now. We went to a restaurant for dinner and there were a bunch of stray cats around the restaurant. I fed them a little of my chicken and it made me really miss Mordecai. I wish I could take one of these cats with me. That night we went to bed pretty early since it had gotten dark and there really wasn’t anything to do in Ada or at our hotel.
On Sunday we walked to Volta Lake and took a boat ride down the estuary. The village of Ada Foah doesn’t seem to have that much going on, but we were pretty surprised to see really nice guest houses and private homes with docks and big boats along the lake. There were westerners out on the lake water skiing and tubing. I wasn’t really expecting that. It’s was such a huge contrast from the village. I was a little bit disgusted and a little bit covetous. We road the boat down to the end of Volta lake, where it met the Ocean. It was cool to see the two bodies of water on either side of me. The beaches in Ada are covered in beautiful seashells and the sand-colored crabs were everywhere. Sunday was uncharacteristically cloudy and cool so we just walked along the beach for a little bit and then took the boat back. We left Ada Sunday afternoon and took a tro back to Accra.
Pictures and a video will be up soon hopefully. Tonight I think I’m going to see Alice in Wonderland at the Accra movie theatre with friends. The water went out in ISH again last night so I'm crossing my fingers that it'll be back on by the time I get home tonight. I don’t have that much going on this week. I’ll be in Accra this weekend because Nana wants to take me to a wedding.
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