Ghana, Day 33 - Bottled Water is For Tourists

Hi Ruth!

I'm still in Ghana.  Whew.

The past couple of days haven't been too exciting.  That's really the main thing about being here - there are lots of things that are different, but even more things that are the same.  My classes are run mostly the same way, and my students mostly want to talk about the same things in class [most popular here right now seems to be gay marriage].  So, yesterday I taught.  Today I was supposed to teach, but one of my students emailed to say that he had gotten sick from something he ate - and this is my class with only two students!  So we just canceled it, but I talked to my other student, Mr. Martin, about his final paper.  And then, since my tummy was bothering me a bit, I came home and read and worked.

Ms. Anna-Marie and Ms. Theresa stopped by after I got home - they had gone out to the Madina Market, and bought some fresh ginger, which they knew I had been looking for.  That was nice of them!  Also, the Madina Market is closer and a bit less hectic than the big big Makola Market I went to, and so might be a nicer place to take you and Mommy when you're here.

Then, I boiled a lot of water.  Back home, you're lucky - you can drink water right from the faucet and it's nice and clean [mostly].  But a lot of places in the world, the water that you get in the sink isn't very safe- it can have germs in it that make you sick.  So since I got here I have been buying clean water in bottles.  But I would rather spend money on presents for you and Mommy and Grammy and Grampy and having fun when you're here.  So I boiled a big pot of water, which kills the germs that can make you sick, and filled up my own bottles with it.  I felt very resourceful!

And now I am just waiting to see if my new modem is fast enough to talk on the computer from the flat, and to wish Grammy a happy birthday.  And missing you and Mommy, a lot.  It's nice to have nice friends like Ms. Anna-Marie and Ms. Theresa here, but it's no substitute for having you and Mommy here.