Monday
Here's something you've read before, I woke up today hot, sweaty and with no power. BIG SURPRISE RIGHT? ugh. Headed to our monthly healthy breakfast at the study center where I had some delicious pita bread and real cheese (hallelujah!) . Along with yogurt, granola, fruit and all the other healthy things. STayed at IPO afterwards since the power was still out at ISH. Did some work until lunch time and then headed out to MaxxMart for lunch. Me and Cathy also stumbled upon a bookstore on our way. We walked upstairs and it was basically a Barnes and Nobles! Where has this place been hiding?! We spent about an hour in there and bought one or two books each. Super nice! We headed into get our food after and spent some time eating and getting groceries. Braved the heat to heat back to ISH afterwards only to arrive and be greeted with no power AND no running water. Ugh. Decided to take a taxi (not even sorry, the heat was unbearable!) back to IPO and hung out there until 5 when they closed. Went back to no power at ISH and it stayed that way until about 7. It came back on for about and hour and then went off again for the rest of the night. boooo. Went down to the night market for dinner and then headed off to bed around 11.
Tuesday
Met with my group for Management of NGO's. Still dislike our group leader, but we got through the meeting okay and then dispersed. I headed to IPO where I attempted to work. Didn't get a whole lot done, but I got to chat with people I haven't seen in a few days, which was worth it. Headed over to the bush canteen to get lunch (palava sauce obviously) and then back to IPO. Got more work done this round. It started to pour in the afternoon though which was unfortunate. A few of us split a taxi back to ISH and spent a few hours relaxing there (with no power obviously because it ALWAYS goes off when it rains) and then headed over to dance class at 6. We started learning a new dance this week. It's a little more involved than the others and involves a lot of jumping and such. Lots of fun though. I really like the song that goes with it as well. I really want the dance instructors to give us like a CD of all the songs we do cause they are all so beautiful! Power was back when we got back to ISH so me and Cathy made ourselves some pesto pasta. It was great and we spent the rest of the evening going over some loose plans for Germany (which is coming up sooner than it seems! 5 weeks!).
Wednesday
Another rainy day here in Legon. Headed to Coastal Management in the morning for our IA. It wasn't too hard, but Professor Nyarko is a tough grader so we'll see how it turns out. Headed back to ISH after because I decided I didn't want to go all the way to IPO. It was a risk, since it was pouring rain, and that usually means the power is about to go out but it miraculously stayed on all day. Wooo! Did a combination of work and watching movies staying in bed. At dinner time it was still pouring rain so me and Emily took the lazy way out and ordered a pizza. So worth it. We watched a movie and enjoyed our dinner and then lazed around until bedtime.
Thursday
Started out the day with Management of NGO's. We learned about grant writing and getting funding. Pretty interesting and highly relevant! After class I headed over to IPO to get some work done on my research paper. Per the usual, I spent the first hour being distracted since many of the Cali Crew were also in the study center but I my favorite couch on the balcony was open so I set up shop there and got a good amount of work done. Stayed there until Environmental Ecology at 3:30. Class was the usual;boring. Headed off to dance for our IA on Bamaya. I think it went well! Headed back to dinner (an no power, surprise surprise) after.
Friday
Woke up with no power. Ugh. But me and a freind decided to head over to Aburi to the NGO that I mentioned last week, Aban. We left Ish and hopped on a tro tro. Got off in Aburi and the directions to Aban are well signposted. We wound throuhg the village and up and down a ginormous hill (no kidding it was like a mountain like this ^ ) and finallly made it up to it. We went in and were greeted by Emmanuel, who had come to class. He showed us around and we ended up hanging out there all day, chatting with the girls and helping to teach. We bought a few smal products before we left and then headed back to ISH. Came back to no power. How surpising. Decided to go out for dinner to Osu and then headed back fairly early since we were leaving early the next morning.
Saturday
Headed to Winneba for the night for my friend Ryan's birthday. Winneba is known for its beaches and turtles that come there to lay eggs. It;s about 2 hours away, and is adorable. It looks exactly like Cape Coast, but is much less crowded which is awesome! Our lodge was super cute and about a 10 minute walk from the beach. We arrived and ate at the lodge then headed to the beach for a few hours. We then came back and hung around before dinner and headed out on a turtle viewing eco walk around 9:30. We drove out to the Ramsar site, about 30 minutes away, and then proceeded to take a 3 mile hike along the coast in search of turtles. Not one was seen. We saw lots of nests (6 feet in diameter! Leatherbacks are HUGE!) and TONS of crabs, but no turtles for us. We saw a gorgeous lagoon and me and Nicole (who is in Coastal Management with me) walked down to the edge where the lagoon meets the sea and waded in a little. It was so cool and natural. We started the walk back and no turtles, but still lots of crabs. I gess you can't predict nature right? Still a fun walk. Outr drive back was eventful. I was in the 2nd of 3 cars and all of a sudden we saw the car in front of us swerve over to the right to reveal a giant ANACONDA ( or boa constrictor. who knows really... big snake is my point.) I mean HUGE. It was as fat as my thigh. So this snake pops into vision and we're careening towards it and our driver tried to swerve but couldn't and we hit it. So, to make a long story short, we killed a snake. Oops.
Sunday
Headed back to Accra in the morning. Got back around 2 (to not only no power, but no water! ARG.) and spent the day studying for our Twi final tomorrow. Lots of stuff to review; no fun. Ordered chicken avocado wraps for dinner and called it a night!
Here's something you've read before, I woke up today hot, sweaty and with no power. BIG SURPRISE RIGHT? ugh. Headed to our monthly healthy breakfast at the study center where I had some delicious pita bread and real cheese (hallelujah!) . Along with yogurt, granola, fruit and all the other healthy things. STayed at IPO afterwards since the power was still out at ISH. Did some work until lunch time and then headed out to MaxxMart for lunch. Me and Cathy also stumbled upon a bookstore on our way. We walked upstairs and it was basically a Barnes and Nobles! Where has this place been hiding?! We spent about an hour in there and bought one or two books each. Super nice! We headed into get our food after and spent some time eating and getting groceries. Braved the heat to heat back to ISH afterwards only to arrive and be greeted with no power AND no running water. Ugh. Decided to take a taxi (not even sorry, the heat was unbearable!) back to IPO and hung out there until 5 when they closed. Went back to no power at ISH and it stayed that way until about 7. It came back on for about and hour and then went off again for the rest of the night. boooo. Went down to the night market for dinner and then headed off to bed around 11.
Tuesday
Met with my group for Management of NGO's. Still dislike our group leader, but we got through the meeting okay and then dispersed. I headed to IPO where I attempted to work. Didn't get a whole lot done, but I got to chat with people I haven't seen in a few days, which was worth it. Headed over to the bush canteen to get lunch (palava sauce obviously) and then back to IPO. Got more work done this round. It started to pour in the afternoon though which was unfortunate. A few of us split a taxi back to ISH and spent a few hours relaxing there (with no power obviously because it ALWAYS goes off when it rains) and then headed over to dance class at 6. We started learning a new dance this week. It's a little more involved than the others and involves a lot of jumping and such. Lots of fun though. I really like the song that goes with it as well. I really want the dance instructors to give us like a CD of all the songs we do cause they are all so beautiful! Power was back when we got back to ISH so me and Cathy made ourselves some pesto pasta. It was great and we spent the rest of the evening going over some loose plans for Germany (which is coming up sooner than it seems! 5 weeks!).
Wednesday
Another rainy day here in Legon. Headed to Coastal Management in the morning for our IA. It wasn't too hard, but Professor Nyarko is a tough grader so we'll see how it turns out. Headed back to ISH after because I decided I didn't want to go all the way to IPO. It was a risk, since it was pouring rain, and that usually means the power is about to go out but it miraculously stayed on all day. Wooo! Did a combination of work and watching movies staying in bed. At dinner time it was still pouring rain so me and Emily took the lazy way out and ordered a pizza. So worth it. We watched a movie and enjoyed our dinner and then lazed around until bedtime.
Thursday
Started out the day with Management of NGO's. We learned about grant writing and getting funding. Pretty interesting and highly relevant! After class I headed over to IPO to get some work done on my research paper. Per the usual, I spent the first hour being distracted since many of the Cali Crew were also in the study center but I my favorite couch on the balcony was open so I set up shop there and got a good amount of work done. Stayed there until Environmental Ecology at 3:30. Class was the usual;boring. Headed off to dance for our IA on Bamaya. I think it went well! Headed back to dinner (an no power, surprise surprise) after.
Friday
Woke up with no power. Ugh. But me and a freind decided to head over to Aburi to the NGO that I mentioned last week, Aban. We left Ish and hopped on a tro tro. Got off in Aburi and the directions to Aban are well signposted. We wound throuhg the village and up and down a ginormous hill (no kidding it was like a mountain like this ^ ) and finallly made it up to it. We went in and were greeted by Emmanuel, who had come to class. He showed us around and we ended up hanging out there all day, chatting with the girls and helping to teach. We bought a few smal products before we left and then headed back to ISH. Came back to no power. How surpising. Decided to go out for dinner to Osu and then headed back fairly early since we were leaving early the next morning.
Saturday
Headed to Winneba for the night for my friend Ryan's birthday. Winneba is known for its beaches and turtles that come there to lay eggs. It;s about 2 hours away, and is adorable. It looks exactly like Cape Coast, but is much less crowded which is awesome! Our lodge was super cute and about a 10 minute walk from the beach. We arrived and ate at the lodge then headed to the beach for a few hours. We then came back and hung around before dinner and headed out on a turtle viewing eco walk around 9:30. We drove out to the Ramsar site, about 30 minutes away, and then proceeded to take a 3 mile hike along the coast in search of turtles. Not one was seen. We saw lots of nests (6 feet in diameter! Leatherbacks are HUGE!) and TONS of crabs, but no turtles for us. We saw a gorgeous lagoon and me and Nicole (who is in Coastal Management with me) walked down to the edge where the lagoon meets the sea and waded in a little. It was so cool and natural. We started the walk back and no turtles, but still lots of crabs. I gess you can't predict nature right? Still a fun walk. Outr drive back was eventful. I was in the 2nd of 3 cars and all of a sudden we saw the car in front of us swerve over to the right to reveal a giant ANACONDA ( or boa constrictor. who knows really... big snake is my point.) I mean HUGE. It was as fat as my thigh. So this snake pops into vision and we're careening towards it and our driver tried to swerve but couldn't and we hit it. So, to make a long story short, we killed a snake. Oops.
Sunday
Headed back to Accra in the morning. Got back around 2 (to not only no power, but no water! ARG.) and spent the day studying for our Twi final tomorrow. Lots of stuff to review; no fun. Ordered chicken avocado wraps for dinner and called it a night!
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