Ghana

We arrived in Ghana and it was incredible. The first day we just explored the city. I wish that all of you could have been there with me because it is hard to put Ghana into words, but I will try my best to paint the picture in your mind. Ghana is a rainforest. Huge ferns and palm trees of green, wide muddy red roads with puddles and potholes that are so big that cars can get stuck (make for an VERY bumpy car ride), Ghanaian people running up to our taxi’s and busses waving and smiling, women carrying huge loads of bananas, fish and laundry on top of their heads and babies wrapped in pattered fabrics on their back. Shack upon shack with simple metal tin roofs and found pieces of shutters and wood that stack together that stand around small fires and lines of laundry, baby goats, pigs and stray dogs running all over. School children running around in beautiful bright colored outfits of purple and yellow and pink and little kids sitting beside their mothers, asleep in front of their tiny houses or gathered around a big bowl of mushy rice. Huge dark clouds roll in and tracheal rainstorms soak everything. Then the sun comes back out and all the while the air is humid, sticky, smoky, dusty, and tropical. The people are so welcoming. They have open arms and smiles that stretch from ear to ear. The invite us into their homes and markets, share stories and offer us rice, coconuts, fabrics, and beads…and that is just the beginning.