Today Nick, Ellen and I ended up going to Krobo. In the morning I wasn’t feeling good and wasn’t looking forward to traveling at all, but I sucked it up and decided to have one more adventure before I leave.
In order to get to Krobo we had to come to Cape Coast and get a “Ford Bus Fast Car” which is actually just a big van and the reason its called a fast car is because it fills up in Cape Coast and goes straight to Accra without stopping. When we were there waiting for it to fill up Ellen had to use the restroom, so she asked a women where she should go. To our surprise the women bluntly asked, “Do u have to shit or urinate?” It totally caught us off guard and was pretty funny.
When we got to Accra we went to the Global Mamas store and I bought a few things to bring home. I was kind of disappointed because some of the things I wanted were sold out, but that’s just life and I guess it made it so I didn’t spend so much money.
Next, went to Koala, which is a westernized grocery store. They had these chocolate doughnuts and Sarah’s birthday is on Thursday so we got one to bring back for her. All the food looked AMAZING, but it was all pretty expensive especially the American brands so I couldn’t justify buying them because I’ll be home in less then a week.
We went to a restaurant in Accra for lunch called Melting Moments. We all split a pizza, it was no American pizza but it was good regardless.
After lunch it was on the road again. We went to a taxi station where we could get a fast car to Ho. The taxi station was INTENSE. Its one of those things where no matter how hard I try to explain it you could only understand if you were there, but I’ll try my best. There are a ton of huge vans piled into a parking lot pretty much bumper to bumper. There are people everywhere and EVERYONE want you to go in their car so they’re grabbing you and pushing you and pulling you every which way screaming, “You! Where are you going?” it was pretty exciting. We ended up telling a man we were going to Ho, he grabbed us and pulled us through all the people to a fast car. We all piled in and waited it for it to fill up. While we’re waiting there are venders selling all sorts of stuff on their head from pure water to toothbrushes. They come to the window of the cars so you can buy things, a total new meaning to drive through.
Although we took a fast car to Ho we actually had to get dropped in Kpong, which is south of Ho, and catch another car to Odemasi. We made it to the Global Mamas office in Odemasi just as it was getting dark. Perfect timing. We phoned Rebecca who is the head of the Odemasi office and she gave us directions to the Volunteer house.
There were three other volunteers at the house, they just got in two days ago and you could tell they were still in the adjusting phase. They were also very much business with no personality or sense of humor. They talked about things like accounting and computer software. Barf. Thank god we had each other. J
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