Hey, it's me after a long journey to the northern and central regions of Ghana. For anyone who is ever traveling here know that i have never known more pot holes to be in a road in my life! And we were the lucky ones traveling in a bus. THere are things here called tro-tros which are basically modified vans to fit 2-3 times as many people as originally possible which are people's main mode of transportation around Ghana (outside of the taxis which are more in the...

Well I am back in the City of Accra, which is not what one would think of when they hear city in the US. It is not su much of a build up as it is a build out sort of area. It is basically a lerge sprawl of confusing roads with little to no traffic control and street vendors hawking anything that they can find. speeking of hawking items.. if you are ever in Accra you have to go to the market downtown. the class when there yesterday and it is all on the bartering...

Sekote Day 1 in Africa: After breakfast and waiting for the usual late African time line to pass we drove about 4 hours to Ho in the Volta Region. (That means it's the area between the Volta River and Togo.) On our way we stopped at an internet cafe and Boom got her first marriage proposal. Many of the men see marrying an American woman as their way out of the country so through our time thus far we have been asked many times for phone numbers/email/address/ and...

Just arrived in Ghana. The trip was long with over 13hours on planes and twice that in airports. But I have finally made it to Accra and a lovely hotel room with Boom (friend from the team... real name: Meghan). On the plane from Pittsburgh to Washinton i sat next to a man from the Congo (ironically) who's family fled after mobutu lost power since his father worked for the government. It was interesting listening to his story and hearing how he is in school stud...