As promised, I've uploaded some new pictures ....

This will be the last message for a few days as Kafui organizes a trip for all IAESTE-members. Tomorrow we are going to Kumasi where we will meet also the other students, who are working in other citys than Kumasi. Together as far as I know we will go with a bus to the North of the country… I don’t know much at the moment, but I guess, we will have lots of fun and see some places (Tamale, National park) on our way. I will be back in Accra I think on Monday and then probably I will go with Anne and Malte so I don’t know when it will be the next time I have internet access… So don’t worry, if you don’t get news from me for a while…

Tonight I guess I will experience a different night as usual. As you know, I normally go to bed quite early (I guess the latest was 10.30pm) but tonight I will join the other three white guys and some Ghanian friends for a reggae-night at Labadi-Beach!!! I’m already a bit excited how the nightlife here will be…
But also yesterday when I came home late (Francis picked me up from the place where the other three students are staying) there was so much traffic and there are still a lot of people on the road, selling food etc.

The other night I cooked the Spagetthi Carbonara and I also showed them, how we are eating them (with spoon and fork) but not everyone could eat it like that, because we were 6 people, but in this house there are only 3 forks . My mum could hardly believe this, but here you eat almost everything with your right hand and with a spoon, but no fork or knifes (we only have 3 knifes to cook).

As I’m now still at home most of the time, I have lots of discussions with Daniel (brother of David, my guest-father). He has lost his job and is at home most of the time, helping Francis,… It’s very interesting to talk with him. He always says that Ghana is a very rich country, as it has a lot of natural resources (Bauxit, Gold, Alluminium, Oil) but there are too many corrupt leaders and they don’t have enough people with knowledge so often now, when investors are coming they somehow don’t manage to make good contracts so most of the money they get by exploring the natural resources doesn’t stay in the country! And that’s really a problem! But hopefully the future looks better as they build more and more universities (they only had 3 for the whole country). When a lot of people are well educated, its harder for leaders, members of the government to tell the people what ever they want and people don’t believe everything but can distinguish what is right and wrong and when they are lying! I hope, Daniel is right! It would be really good, if some changes will come (but I guess that will take quite a while). In my opinion they should really start to build a better sewage-system, sewage treatment plants and an efficient garbage collection. I can only hope that when more people are better educated then they also start thinking about their environment! Of course, there are a lot of people who have to worry what they are going to eat so they don’t care but most of the other people, who are not suffering that much they just don’t care and throw everything just away (you can see empty plastic bags from the drinking water, shopping bags,… everywhere), not to mention all the car cleaning (right next to the ‘river’), and all the contamination from old engines, fridges,…

Ok, I will leave it for now! Take care and have a good time!
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Liebe Greusse aus Accra!
Verena