Tuesday,
June 25, 13
If I haven’t said it before, today
is the kind of day where I reiterate my claim: If you accomplish one task,
consider it a good day when you’re in Ghana.
This morning, after waking up and
packing, I decided to hit the road and find breakfast. I didn’t feel like grabbing egg sandwich, so
instead I walked about a mile down the road to find some vitamilk, grounduts,
and imported “hobnob” cookies. With some
food in me, I headed back to the Catholic Guest House and sat in the patio area
to read Bell Hooks’ Feminist Theory. While
reading, Keith joined me with a friend named Zack. Zack was the head of
the household where Keith’s wife Katie stayed when she was in the Peace
Corps. As it turned out, Zack also was a
director at the Tamale branch of Food and Drug Administration in the water
regulation branch; a perfect candidate to interview!
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| My interview with Zack |
After interviewing Zack and hanging
out for a bit, our group headed to our favorite SWAD FAST FOOD lunch
place. From there we headed to the bus
station, for our supposed 1:30 PM bus departure. We waited, walked around, ate mango and
vitamilk… 2 PM rolled around, 3, 4, 5… and about 6 PM the bus showed up. To kill time, I taught younger group members
how to play Spaa, a favorite Ghanaian
card game that I like to play. The
public rest room cost 10 Pesewas to use, and featured a small hole against a
brick wall.
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| Small girls out of school on a lunch break |
The bus was a government run Metro
Mass Transit (MMT) vehicle that had obviously seen better days. The road out to
Larabunga and Mole was paved for the first thirty minutes, then a bumpy road
for another three hours. When we stopped
along the way at Domango, I introduced myself to a couple of Canadian girls who
were on a teaching vacation. We finally
arrived here at Mole (pronounced MOH lay) at about ten thirty, and I’m rooming
with Keith and Dave to save money. We
celebrated with some brews and a dinner of grounduts, beef jerky, and
hobnobs. In the end, we accomplished our
task: we made it to Mole. Tomorrow holds
a Safari and transcription.
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| A traditional dish: Groundnut Soup with Rice Balls |
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