Saturday, Sunday, un peu de Monday for good measure
Joe and I went to Spice nightclub last night, which was a huge patio with music blaring, which was great fun. They were running a Guinness promotion and the girl with the microphone came up to me on and made me speak to everyone, although she didn’t say anything in English, so I used up all two of the Twi phrases that I know. We were going to go to this other club, but there was a funeral for a former MP who was hit by a tro-tro right beside it, so it was closed.
We’re going to the lake soon, so I’ll finish this post tonight.
The lake was nice, although I am sunburned and tired. It rained for part of the afternoon and for the first time ever, I was actually cold in Ghana. I’m too tired to write a lot, so I’ll just recount what I saw on the way there. A little boy was playing with a toy car, pulling it on a string. Except the car was made of a Raid can and pencils and some wood discs for wheels. There is a lot of that here. I’ve seen many kids pushing metal wheels with a stick, like you see in old-fashioned movies. Children here don’t exactly have Playstation or flashy toys, but they improvise!
It’s Monday afternoon. We went around with the water tanker today for a bit. I’ll write more about today tonight. I just wanted to add one story from yesterday. When we were coming back, in a shared taxi, there were five passengers and the limit is four. Overloading is common and is only a problem if the police catch you. We saw a checkpoint ahead, so we stopped and one passenger got out. It was dark so the police didn’t see this. We went through and waited and she walked through and got in about 100 metres past the checkpoint! So even when police do try to enforce traffic laws, people find ways around them!
On an unrelated matter, I am not sure if all my posts are going up. Sometimes I can get into the site to post, but often I just email them to an address that posts them for me. I’m not sure if it’s working. I have been posting no less than once every three days. Are they going up?
We’re going to the lake soon, so I’ll finish this post tonight.
The lake was nice, although I am sunburned and tired. It rained for part of the afternoon and for the first time ever, I was actually cold in Ghana. I’m too tired to write a lot, so I’ll just recount what I saw on the way there. A little boy was playing with a toy car, pulling it on a string. Except the car was made of a Raid can and pencils and some wood discs for wheels. There is a lot of that here. I’ve seen many kids pushing metal wheels with a stick, like you see in old-fashioned movies. Children here don’t exactly have Playstation or flashy toys, but they improvise!
It’s Monday afternoon. We went around with the water tanker today for a bit. I’ll write more about today tonight. I just wanted to add one story from yesterday. When we were coming back, in a shared taxi, there were five passengers and the limit is four. Overloading is common and is only a problem if the police catch you. We saw a checkpoint ahead, so we stopped and one passenger got out. It was dark so the police didn’t see this. We went through and waited and she walked through and got in about 100 metres past the checkpoint! So even when police do try to enforce traffic laws, people find ways around them!
On an unrelated matter, I am not sure if all my posts are going up. Sometimes I can get into the site to post, but often I just email them to an address that posts them for me. I’m not sure if it’s working. I have been posting no less than once every three days. Are they going up?
posted by Tony at 4:02 p.m.
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