So it's been a few weeks since my last entry. Much has happened so get ready.This past weekend a group of ventured to Ada Foah. This is a little fishing community about three hours east of Accra. After an arduous drive in this cramped bus that kept making stops to unload random things off the roof, we finally made it. By the time we got there it was after nine and we were dropped off in what seemed like the middle of nowhere. Lucky for us, some guy met us in the ...

I'm in week four of this African adventure, so I guess it's time for my first entry.We had orientation the first week. The campus is so huge that most of it consisted of campus tours. The university has over 30,000 students, and the campus is probably five times the size of Truman's. The first thing I noticed about the campus are the open gutters. These gutters range in depth from about 1 to 3 feet and are about 1 foot wide. They run alongside almost every road. ...

So in case any of you out there are still convinced I'm going to be living in a mud hut surrounded by lethal bugs and seconds away from contracting AIDS, I'm going to do a travel blog so you all will know I'm still alive. I leave in three weeks. I'll let know how my first plane ride goes after I arrive there. What am I getting myself into, Pat

So in case any of you out there are still convinced I'm going to be living in a mud hut surrounded by lethal bugs and seconds away from contracting AIDS, I'm going to do a travel blog so you all will know I'm still alive. I leave in three weeks. I'll let know how my first plane ride goes after I arrive there. What am I getting myself into, Pat