We have had some trouble with banking issues which has caused us to have to go back and forth to Accra a few times recently. The bank is only open during the week and the trotro ride is 2 1/2 to 3 hours, so that makes for tiring trips.
Today, everything has finally gotten sorted out and we should be able to stay away from the bank for quite a while. They have been very accommodating!
The trotro ride home was interesting to say the least...probably my least favourite off all of them so far. I don't know if it was because I had gotten up early and was tired, or if I was just less tolerable to things today, but it was not a fun ride.
-it was 40 degrees today and I was sweating more than I have the entire time I've been here
-add that to the fact that the one tiny trotro was full, so we had to squish onto the 'traders' trotro (the one where all the people who are buying things from Accra to take back to Asamankese go on). This is normally fine, but when it is 40 degrees, and there is a large sweaty woman on one side of you, who does NOT want to move over all the way and is eating fish, (like a complete fish. i could see where it's eyes were supposed to be) it is not fun. For those of you who don't know, I like fish just about as much as I like spiders crawling all over me. Blah. The heat made the smell even more pungent.
-add that to the fact that that same woman spilled her bag of onions all over my lap and then proceeded to spill her entire bag of water on my lap as well while she was cleaning up the onions
-add that to the fact that Petra was on the other side of me squished against a woman who was whipping out her boobs to feed her screaming child
-add that to the fact that Petra and I do NOT like our sweaty arms touching. We put a shirt between us. I like lack of personal space about as much as the fish.
-I had had to pee since I left Accra and traffic was insane
-We got stopped by a police patrol and ALL the men got out to pee on the side of the road...wish I could pee standing up...Then the cops took 20 mins to look through a couple people's bags
-Then the woman beside me fell asleep and slumped onto me. Perfect.
Yup. I think I was just over-tired and that did not help. Feel free to have a good laugh at all of this and picture me in this situation, because as soon as we were back in Asamankese I was just fine. I just had to share my emotions of this morning.
This afternoon, after getting back home, we went to visit Vida and her children at her house. Vida is one of our level 2 students and she is interested in joining some of the business classes (she hasn't attended any so far). She is a seamstress, working from her home.
Her two children are beautiful and definitely already have a spot in our hearts. Her house is a pretty close walk, so I would love to go back more often. They live in a compound called the "Fabulous House." It's a soccer team apparently. A man named Richmond lives beside them, and he's a teacher at a local school. He knew a lot of English which was nice for us as well.
I GOT TO CARRY A BABY ON MY BACK!! Women here are always carrying their children on their backs. On the trotro, while they work, while walking to town, while carrying other things on their backs...They use their cloth to keep them there and I have always been curious as to how that feels.
Vida's neighbour has a little girl who is NOT shy at all and offered her up for us to try. I hadn't brought my camera along, but Richmond took a picture for us and is going to send it to me. I will post it when I get it.
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| Beautiful Baby :) |
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