Ahem, so i am all better now and i present to you the photos. I've put about 80 or so into a yahoo photo album that you can check out (click on the West Africa one obviously). I took about 500 so be lucky i've narrowed them down :)
Here are a few of my favs though:
This little girl was at the GAR where we were trying to get a taxi to take us to the village. She just kept staring and staring. I would smile at her and she would just stare blankly at me. It was just so strange as most of the children are overly friendly. We left for the village and returned a few hours later and there she still was. Again she stood right by us and continued to stare. I had Dan take this photo and then i showed her. She looked at the picture, smiled and put her head down. I tried to talk to her as well, but again, she just stared curiously at me.
Worst toilet EVER!!! This was at a bar near K's house, i went to the washroom beside it, i just could not straddle over that thing.
These girls were my first experience with children in Ghana. They were sooooo cute and wanted to take us up a lighthouse. They hugged us, held our hands and were just so incredibly happy and excited.
I was barley able to balance this bucket on my head long enough to take the bloody picture, how the heck is this woman carrying so much while walking....
Cutey Patooty in the Village!!
The coconut boy that Jennifer tried to barter with. She wanted to pay less than the 10 cents he was asking for the coconut.
Come on now. How the heck are they able to A) get all that stuff up there and B)drive like that.
Myself and Dan back in Ghana after wrestling our bags from the people in Lome at the border...so happy to be in Ghana!!
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Those adorable little shits at the lighthouse took my hair-tie! No, they were really cute, but the one who took my hair-tie had a buzz cut.
I'd like to point out again that you could buy 3-4 cocouts with 1000 Cedis.
These are lovely pictures, except for the toilet. You seem to be at peace with yourself and your surroundings (could be the make-up;)
I am happy for you and envious that you had such a genuine experience. I am sure you are wiser for it, even if you dont understand it now.
Cool pics. Still a little scared of Africa (my great Uncle lives there). I bet the luggage on that van was all yours!
Jennifer, i totally forgot that the girl with the buzz cut took your hair tie...soooo funny!!
Melissa, Woo Hoo it's Saturday :)
Yrautca, makeup LOL, i could barley keep my own skin from sliding off my body it was sooo hot. I agree, travelling always makes me take a step back and i start to evaluate my life and i look at what changes need to be made.
BB, haha, unfortunately that's how i usually pack!! Next time i go away i'm bringing my purse...it was hard carrying all those bags :)
I Swear I thought you said that you "showered her" instead of "showed her"...I had to read it twice before it kicked in.
You guys have AWESOME tans.
Great photos! What an experience. You have been so many interesting places!
Look how hot you are in that black dress! Woohoo! work it sister!
You're right - that might be the worse toilet ever, but that's still pretty amazing to balance that thing on your head for however long it took to snap the picture.
You should practice now that you're back home and count the stares as you go about your daily business.
Here's to feeling rested.
awesome photos!! (Yes I looked at them all). I am just so impressed that you guys went there!
That black dress was a sarong I bought in Mexico on my first vacation with Dan about 8 years ago. Very important to always bring a sarong with you on vacation, it's a dress, it's a skirt, it's a towel, it's a blanket, it's a curtain, it's a scarf if you need to cover your head...
And the bowl on the head shot, was a miracle, because, at the second I pressed the button on the camera the bowl fell, and I totally didn't think I'd gotten the shot.
I don't want to reopen the cassava - manioc debate, but in your yahoo book... the thing you're eating that you labeled 'maniok' is actually colico.
And... that food in the black bag was freakin' tasty.
Excellent photos, Miss Ash. I truly admire that you got Blogger to post all those pictures in the first place. I got to know a gentleman from Ghana, way back, many years ago. He made me dinner once, foo foo (I hope I spelled that right)and peanut chicken with some greens. He was very gracious, but got a bit upset when I didn't eat everything. I picked up on that and wolfed the rest of it down. Well, he still was expecting me to suck the marrow out of the chicken bones, so I did. It wasn't that bad--marrow.
PP you're silly!
SS i am quite lucky, i'll admit that.
Lindsey, it's a sarong LOL i threw it on after my shower before getting dressed in real clothes :P
2DP, i think most people would stare and not in a good way.
Rawbean..all of them sheesh, i'm impressed.
Jennifer, i'm not joining that debate, though i promised to help resolve it once we were back. Everyone thinks we were eating food out of a garbage bag LOL.
The Grunt, welcome, it's fufu and oh sooo good!!
since we seem to be reopening whole the cassava-manioc debate, i'd like to point out that jennifer is WRONG wrong wrOng; always has been and always will be!
why she persists in her obstinate adamance regarding this matter is mind-boggling.
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