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It is me again i just had a few things to say. We were staying in Cape Coast at a beach resort called Green Turtle Lodge, and I really enjoyed it there. I got to swim relax, eat really good food and meet a lot of new people which was nice. I stood in a hut with mosquito nets which was exciting. I think I got the best sleep of the whole trip there. What I liked about the hut was laying in bed with the front doors to the hut open and just relax and listen to the waves crash against the shore. While we were there we drove to a canoe port in the open savanna, and took an hour long canoe through marshes, and mangroves, and little patches of dense forest before finally arriving to a big open lake and getting closer to the stilt village and taking a tour there. I think i got a little rush the whole canoe ride to the village knowing that there were crocodiles in the water under our canoe. I also got to row, and the whole time i risked falling into the crocodile infested water, because a certain person kept rocking the boat but that only added to the thrill. Once we got to the village i was very excited but the overall environment felt a little to touristy, but i had fun.

After cape coast we traveled to a town called Swedru where we were going to do our homestays. I was very nervous the day we got there because I did not know what to expect. But when we were dropped off at our new homes our new family was very welcoming and friendly so I felt comfortable. We had dinner and then presented our gifts to them which they really liked. During the homestays I got to learn how to make fufu and observe how a typical middle income Ghanaian family lived, and I also learned how to wash clothes Ghanaian style, and I got all of my clothes spotless. Ryan and I were paired up to the homestay, and we got to go out and see the city and meet our host families family, and experience Ghana from the street instead of the bus. I had to dash busy taxis and trucks at the same time avoiding accidentally falling in to a sewer. In Ghana there is open sewers and that is going to take a little getting used to.

while we were doing our homestays we began our work project which was pretty intense. I learned to juggle heavy pans of sand on my head and be bombarded by kids yelling obruni which means traveler, and asking a million questions, at the same time being exhausted. By the time the week was over the whole school knew my name. We also went to an orphanage and did chores as well as donated supplies, the kids were extremely happy and it made me feel good inside. to end the week we played a soccer game which was the U.S. vs. Ghana, and although i fell and scraped my knee i had a lot of fun and the final score was 3 to 0 and we ended up losing but it was fun.

thats all for now.

bye Robert Z