akwaaba

oct 5, 2008

i made it safely! ghana is beautiful! i thought that the capital, accra, was going to be more developed than it actually is. i haven't gotten to fully explore the city, though...so maybe it is. our first 4 days we stayed on the campus at valley view university & went through long, intense training classes. thursday we attended a reception at the u.s. ambassador's home. friday we got to explore the city. saturday we had to take public transportation by ourselves to different parts of the country to visit a current volunteer... luckily, my volunteer's site was on the beach! but it was far from everything.. .closest internet connection she had was like an hr and a half away...crazy! i'm in kukurantumi now...we'll move in w/ a homestay family for the rest of training. they're having their presidential elections here dec 7th, so they're pulling all the people together in case of political unrest. hopefully no violence will break out. i miss everyone, but i am having a great time!