Ok so first I will give you a quick review of the second half of Ghana. The day I wrote my last blog it was raining and we were sitting under a canopy of a very nice hotel using their free wifi and eating a really good western meal of pizza!!! After the whole pigeon incident in Morocco we have been a little skeptical on eating new foods. For the rest of the day we went out to the markets with our new friend Mika, a Ghanan taxi driver. He took us around to different stores and walked with us through the local food market. He also gave us some information on the economy and what the culture is like. We were able to go to this cool little shop that had everything we were looking for and for reasonable prices. We made friends with the shop owner Lisa and he sister Linda and we learned our African names, depending on what day we were born. They were both very nice and took a picture with us at the end, we called it a family photo!! Later that night we were going out to meet our friends at this local bar that everyone talks about and while we were driving our taxi gets pulled over by the Police and the diver was asked to get out. Then the cops came up to the window and were super friendly with us and were like asking us how we liked Ghana and whatnot. We got pulled over for having too many people in the taxi so when we offered to get another cap the police were like no its ok and then we were on our way. Apparently the Cops see whites in a cap and know the driver is making bank off of us and so the cops expect a piece of it and our driver paid them off. Sketch .
The following day we made the trek to Kakum, the national park that was a huge rain forest, and walked along the canopies. The taxi ride there was horrible. We wee all getting sick of the swerving and speed change and many times I was pumping the breaks in the passenger seat. I guess I now know how my mother felt when she was teaching me to drive, and maybe even sometimes now. Trust me mom, I am and angel driver compared to this guy. The roads were also not helping as there were potholes everywhere and we were swerving to avoid them every minute. Basically it was horrible and Larissa almost had to make us stop because she was getting soo sick in the back seat. Once we got there though it was well worth it. The forest was huge and the canopies were awesome!!! We unfortunately did not see any monkeys, but it was fun to look at the landscape and see how remarkable the trees were. Apparently we were around 130 feet above the forest floor and on one of the highest canopies in the world. We grabbed lunch at the restaurant in the park and when we tried to order the only thing they basically had was fried plantains, which I had not problem with because they were super good. Then came the car ride home. This time we put Larissa in the front seat, but we were all praying at some point. You know the game chicken, were you run at someone for as long as possible until one person bails? Well that was our drive. We later found out that half of the taxi drivers weren’t really taxi drivers and only come out to make money when we are there. That’s the end of Ghana, it was our favorite port soo far, and we had a lot of fun in the culture and environment.
The day after leaving port we crossed the Equator and Prime Meridian at the exact same time, so for a brief second we were actually in the center of the world. See mom and daddy I am the most important thing!!! J Then yesterday we had Neptune day!! It is the festival for crossing the equator and we don’t have class. The crew wakes everyone up at 7:30 by banging drums down the halls and we get breakfast then go up to the pool deck. There are 2 parts the first part is shaving your head. Most of the guys did it and a lot did it in crazy shapes, but the unreal part was there were so many girls who did it. I would try to make a joke that I shaved my head, but I know nobody would believe me seeing that I have to have a pep talk when I go to get my ends trimmed. These girls were crazy, A lot donated their hair and a lot look really shitty, actually most do. I would say like 2% can pull it off. The second stage I did partake in was to have fish guts poured over your head, jump into the freezing cold pool, kiss a fish and then bow down to the two main deans. It was actually really fun!! The festivities ended with a kick ass dinner consisting of BBQ. We all know how sad it is that what we eat for dinner makes our days, but it was awesome to have ribs, burgers, baked potatoes, and Mac and Cheese!!!!
Unfortunately we also had our first global studies test that night, but I am pretty sure that with how much we all studied we passed with flying colors!!!!
I am off to the gym, and then to a cabaret meeting, I am one of the dancers in the show and we have practice tonight. Miss you all, love you!!
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