A little bit of Ho

The first time I took a taxi in HO, I didn't realize that the taxi driver would pick up as many people on the way as he could possibly pack into the car.  At one point it was me, another women and two kids in the back seat.  This picture was taken when Christie and I caught a taxi to the market and it started smoking inside on the way there.  The driver got out- manipulated some wires, got a stone from the side of the road, opened the hood and did a little banging around and then off we were again.  On the way home from the market, we caught a ride with a taxi driver who picked us up even though he didn't understand where we needed to go.  We had to help him figure it out even though we didn't know the city that well ourselves- we definitely took a longer route back.  When he found out we were from the states he started talking about how much he wanted to go there in his very broken English.  When we arrived at the hotel down the street from our house and got out, he told me he would give me his number so that I could call him and we could go out if I wanted!  I, of course, politely said "no thanks!"  So glad he didn't really know where we were staying.

This is the street that EP (Evangelical Presbyterian) Ho Primary School is on- this is the main school we worked with.

Some street in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana!

Valentine's shop-  she makes the colorful handbag that CIH orders a bunch of to sell in the US as a fundraiser.

This is the hotel down the street, Chances Hotel, and this is our friend who works there, Cosmos.  When you are at this hotel, you almost forget you are in Ho, Ghana, Africa. . .it's like a tropical resort, beautifully landscaped with lots of palm trees, swimming pool, outdoor patio (notice the peacock in the background- there were several of these wandering around).  Cosmos was a is a great friend and BIG help.  He did everything he could to make sure our internet was up and running!