Venturing Out...

Hello all! Today I will be leaving for my very first excursion outside the Greater Accra area. Several of "us" (meaning the UNC girls, Becca, Brandon, Christine, and myself) will be heading two hours east of Accra to a small fishing village called "Ada." We chartered a private tro-tro for the 10 of us at 3.50 (3 cedi, 50 pesawas) per person including our bags, which is usually an extra charge. We're staying in 2 person huts ON THE BEACH! They're only 10 cedi per night. We'll be staying four nights and coming back sometime Sunday afternoon. Cost of the trip: 27 cedi plus food (which should only be about 5 cedi a day). I wish you could do trips in the States for that little.

So the reason that we're able to go on this trip since its supposed to be the first week of classes is because the lecturers at the University went on strike Monday and they just resolved it yesterday, but classes aren't starting back up again until Monday.

I met these two really cool Ghanian guys named Rauf and Salem on my way to class yesterday. They said hello as I passed by, which is what I love about Ghanians (they're so friendly). Anyways, they were sitting on a half wall by the sidewalk so I went over and sat down. We chatted for about 45 minutes because I had a lot of time to kill before heading to class, which ended up not even taking place because the professor didn't show up. We talked about all sorts of stuff; college, Ghana, the United States, women, etc. Rauf and I exchanged numbers and I think I'm going to their apartment next weekend to hang out and watch some football (soccer) on television. Can't wait!

I know this was another short post, but I must be heading back to my room and doing some last minute preparations for the trip. We're leaving in about an hour.

So, until Sunday...
Greg