Well this week end was my first excurtion with the other voluenteers, we went to the boabeng-fiema monkey santuary, It tock us about 2 hours to reach are hotel. We traveled in a tro tro (a van or minibus that should only take about 10 people but you see them with 30 in). As there was 15 of us we bought the entire tro and when driving through ghana kids would see us and shout BRUNI BRUNI BRUNI'S i dont this they have ever seen so many white people at once. we arrived at the hotel and quickly discoverd that the twin room was actually a double bed so me and pete (a 24 year old nurse in traing, who is hear working in a hospital) ended up sleeping together for to nights (but its all part of the fun). although the girls that thought they had a triple soon discoverd that it was actually just a kings size bed. but its Africa.
after an excellent night sleep (as the fan was so good), we orderd breakfast and it came out in drips and drabs, the last person recieving there food two hours after order. eventually after anothe 2.5hour drive in a tro we arrived to see the monkeys. I got some excellent pics which i can't upload as the internet is to slow. After the monkeys we went back to the hotle for lunch which took around 3 hours due to the amazing service. after ordering we headed into the market to get a loaf of bread and a pineapple and had finished both before the first plate of chips arrived.
but apparently this is the same through out Ghana. after lunch we headed to see a bat coleney and caves but when we arrived in the local village to them we where swarmed by people telling us they where our tour guide and that we had to go to the palace and to their homes to collect their torches. After katie (Canadian working in a clinic) managed to kick the man out the bus we decided with night almost exactly 1 hour away and the cave trail taking up to 2 we would head back to the hotel.
The next day we went to find the local water falls and hassle free we arrived there and spent the afternoon standing under the falls. after another 3hour meal we managed to bartter for a larger tro to take us back to Kumasi. which tock us 3.5hours to do 85Kilometers.
I wwent to the school today where i was given my timetable by the headmaster. after looking at it and conversing with the teachers i soon discoverd that atmost i had an hour with each class once a week. i only have 15computers in the Lab and each class has 60+ kids so with time to change the kids over each kid will spend a max of 15min on a computer a week. So in the 8 weeks i am hear i will only teach the kids for 2hours.
Today it took me 10 min to get the kids to write "hello my name is ....." so i dont no how useful i will be to them while i am hear. and with each kid calling for a teacher when the press the right button on the mouse as the little box appears progress is slow.
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Sounds like you're having fun mate. you really need to proof read some of this. Don't think people want to hear about you and a male nurse "sleeping together". maybe try "sharing a bed" instead.
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome though. Shame you can't get any pictures up yet. Look forward to seeing some of them when you're back or if you get to upload some in SA.