I've arrived in Mampong after a seven hour bus trip which equated to that of the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland. It was so. bumpy. Luckily I wasn't there was air conditioning on it and I wasn't alone. Brandon the Canadian boy in our group traveled with me. His project is still five hours away from mine but we have the same base. Kumasi.
The scenery was wild! There were tree's and green, lush, tropical plants everywhere. It was beautiful. You see goats roaming the side of the road. And people holding animals that look like little beavers that people are holding by the tails along the side of the road and then the words "don't urinate here" written on walls, and you better believe that is necessary. I saw a woman holding up her dress, standing up and peeing on the wall off the side of the road the other day. What?! I haven't the slightest clue how she managed that.
We got to Kumasai and where brought to the SYTO office here. Brandon and I parted ways and I was showed around town. I was able to buy a converter so that was real good. It works and everything! Now the only problem is my electricity. It's a bit unreliable. After that Mavis came to the office and picked me up. And off we went to Mampong! It was a long trip because of the traffic: tro tro and taxi. A little scary because I didn't know what was going on but fun too. I'm always gawking out the window at everything around me and sometimes people gawk back, mostly kids, because I'm one of the few white people around. Then you just wave and they either get real bright white, wide smile's on, and wave back. Or they give you a bashful little grin and turn away.
On the way there Mavis' sister met up with us. She said "this is my sister, she's coming for the wedding tomorrow and you're invited!"...
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