it?s not easy to get there but then we realised why is that. first we were refused a visa on the border and we were sent off to the ghana embassy in lome (togo?s capital, on the border with ghana). at the embassy we were sent off to the border because it was 5 minutes after the closing time. at the border we were sent off to the embassy again but the embassy was closed. so the whole bus (it was a student trip, remember? ? 19 people in a 14-seat minibus) turned around and went to the university of lome to ask if we can spend the night there (to apply for the visa the next day). it was the day of the change of government so the atmosphere was tense (during the last presidential elections in togo there were serious riots) so they didn?t want us there. so we decided that the group will continue the journey to accra and me and meike will stay for the night in lome. fortunately there was dawid, a polish student i met during eke ekpe, on internship in lome. we spent the night at his place and the next day all three of us (he decided to join us) went to the embassy. we visited the embassy 4 times altogether but finally we got the visa and safely arrived to accra (achimota station) in the evening. there the students picked us up and our ghana experience started!!
our merry company
my head is full of different thoughts after this trip but there are 3 that are the clearest ones /shit, my english is totally french-influenced. i hope, it won?t last. sorry/
*the beauty of ghana
*really developing country
*total cultural shock
...but still it's too much to write about. wait 10 days and i'll tell it all personally!!!
accra
TG (richard) shows off making pate noir (manioc porridge) / Peace-O spoiled by constant attention of everyone
us /you-know-who, grace, dawid and tg (my husband but apparently taken. shit)
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