Ghana Glasses-Eater

Well, my spare glasses spontaneously came apart today! Again, completely unprovoked, like with my original glasses. I don't understand it, I don't think I've damaged glasses at home for over 10 years but as soon as I'm in Ghana, they all go to crap! Luckily, this was just a screw coming out for some reason, and I was extremely lucky and found it (actually the british girl beside me on the trotro found it) and was able to put my glasses back together later. But I am having my spare-spare pair coming here with Geoff. They also have clip-ons which is a plus.

Oh how plans will change! And change back again. That british girl this morning convinced me that taking the train would be fine, so I decided to ignore the warnings of the people a couple days ago, and take the train anyways. But then later in the day once I actually went to the train station to buy tickets, it turned out for some reason the train wasn't around, so there'll be no trip tonight. So I had to go quickly to the bus station and hotel and arrange to stay here another night, get a bus in the morning.

Yesterday evening was really great! (how often have you heard me say that?) I went to Vic Baboo's Cafe... looking through the menu was amazing, I was thinking "I want that, and that, and that, and that, ..." There were so many delicious sounding things! A bit expensive, but worth it! Then, I was invited over to a table of 5 girls, since they noticed I was sitting alone. Turns out they are also americans in the same program as the folks I met at Bosumtwi! It was really pleasant chatting with them, they were more my type of people compared to the Bosumtwi people, a bit calmer I suppose you could say. It was especially funny a little later in the evening when the other americans showed up and found me there, i think they're stalking me or something! I even owed one of them a little money and had forgotten to pay him before I went, so i got to pay him back :)

So the food was amazing, and I had good company. Then, to top the evening off, back at the Guestline lodge, I have a cheap super-tiny room, but the bathroom has a HOT WATER HEATER! Wow! Those are such a luxury here. I have gotten used to cold showers, but once in a while the hot water is wonderful. And it's nice to find it in a cheap hotel, where I don't have to pay for extras that I really don't care about like TV, air con, and fridge.

So today I went to Bobiri. It was slightly raining, so I didn't get to see many of the butterflies that place is famous for, but it was still a really nice hike through the forest. I heard from my guide that there is a football (soccer) game on this upcoming Sunday, some kind of qualifier, Ghana vs. Uganda. I got excited, I think that would be quite fun to attend here, and it's the day before I meet up with G & E, in the right place, so therefore seems pretty well scheduled. I considered trying to go to the stadium today to get some tickets, but who knows if they'd be available this far in advance, and I was having enough trouble getting transport back into Kumasi, i didn't want to make an extra stop. Also, if I am to go to that game, it really changes everything about this upcoming week, so I think maybe I'll let it pass. See how things go. If I do head up to Kumasi in time maybe I can get tickets last minute.

Visited the market here in Kumasi, it's ultra-huge, and you can get pretty much anything. I don't actually want anything though, but it was interesting to wander around for a bit.

So now another relaxing evening, think I may splurge for fancy food again, and enjoy another hot shower.