Arriving here - back in Africa after years of holding the intention,  there was a feeling of coming home not just to Ghana or Africa but to the world- to all of humanity.   I have not travelled overseas in 7 years and to Africa in about 30- far too long for me!  For me, being in the US can sometimes feel too sterile, too comfortable, too disconnected from the rest of the world- from the reality of how many people live with less resources and usually with much deeper, rich community.  Traveling to places like this sparks something in me- I become even more alive and awake to so many things including the need to continue to strive for more balance in this world of extremes.

Just one part of the market!

My brother practicing his Twi (one of the main local languages) to the amusement of the women at the market.

My sister in law, Amy, buying yummy roasted peanuts. . . two beautiful women!!

Yours truly!  
Thank goodness for the water bottle pouch- the weather reminds me of Atlanta in the summer.

Speaking of Atlanta...home of Coca Cola!  I tried to tell this woman that I came from the place of Coke's origin.  I don't think she understood me!

Yesterday, we visited a very large- vast marketplace in Accra - we travelled as a bunch of Americans from the Embassy in a bus and brought a Ghanian guide with us- so we were buffered from some of the chaotic nature of the experience- especially as an "obruni"(white person) traveling alone in a place like this.  So many sights, sounds, smells- I found it intoxicating being in the midst of so much of  humanity so up close and unadulterated!  I am fully alive!

I bet you can't tell this is my brother!  So loving being here with him and his beautiful family!