Welcome to Ghana

The first thing I noticed when I got off the plane was the smell. Earth, and plants, and water, and heat. Everything is so green. When you drive down the street, you see many exotic plants. Motorbikes weave in and out of traffic, and street vendors, both men and women, walk between the lanes, balancing large parcels, buckets full of food, and bags and boxes on their heads. They have a little rolled up circle of cloth they put on top of their heads to make the surface parallel to the ground, and then they walk around without even putting a hand up. We saw one woman bend over and pick something off of the ground while she balanced a huge basket on her head.


Here is the Ghanaian Temple. I think it's pretty neat. It's right next to the church area office, where I've been these past couple of days. In some ways I feel like I've been here forever. Whether I have or not, I want to stay here that long. Everything is just different: the people, the manner of greeting, the driving, the food, the smells, the humidity, the buildings. Many of the living areas are divided into enclaves that are fenced in with barbed wire around the perimeter and guards at the gate. Many offices and banks have similar arrangements.

Along the streets there are small booths where people sell cloth, food, clothes, nicknacks , jewelry, bags, and many other things. I will be posting some pictures of all of these different things as I get a chance.

Well, one person told me that my blog would be interesting, so we'll see if her prediction was correct. For myself, even if I wrote the most interesting things I could think of, it couldn't compare to the actual experience of being here. Maybe you'll get a little flavor of the true Ghanaian experience.