First day in Ghana

 After arriving last night and getting a good night's sleep, I've jumped right into my Ghanaian adventure.  It's been pretty nonstop especially since there are 5 kids (I am staying with my brother and his family for the first week.  He is an engineer with US AID)!!! LOVING it!  Accra, Ghana is tropical (lots of palm trees- coconuts- had some fresh coconut juice straight out of the coconut this morning) and the majority of buildings are stone, stucco- the streets are relatively clean - lots of vendors set up on the roadside.  The thing that I loved was every time we stopped on one of the main roads there were people walking between the cars peddling snacks, water, fruit- so we bought plantain chips to snack on a few times- these were YUMMY.  This afternoon we drove to a smaller city just outside Accra where there was a bead "factory"(made out of recycled glass).  Driving outside the city, I witnessed much more poverty and trash etc.  I was reminded of my days in Khartoum.  The people in general are very warm and friendly- their levels of English vary dramatically.  It actually surprised me that in general their English is not as good as I thought it would be since English is the national language (it was a British colony).  I'm looking forward to going to the big market tomorrow- but alas, no pictures as taking cameras there is not such a good idea.  I'm exhausted now and leaving you with this:

"Be the cheese you want to see in the world" Gouda (actually Maddy Bennett-my 15 year old niece)