Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Normal Ghanaian Occurrences: Old Draft I Just Found

Normal Ghanaian Occurrences:

-Grass is "mowed" with a machete, sometimes this means a couple acres
-Hitchhiking is OK, I get free rides almost everywhere (i think being white helps) and i feel safer here most of the time than i do in the USA
-Utinsils are non-existant. normal dishes are usually a ball of starch in some soup. youd think there'd be napkins but those are also somehow absent
-You don't carry anything in your hands, only on your head and only babies on the back (women just use 2 yds of fabric and tie them on there) this is what makes me majorly stick out as a foreigner (aside from being bright white)- carrying a backpack
-having electricity for more than 3 hours straight is a pleasnt surprise
-it is the visitor's job to introduce themselves to the host
-using the same bucket to wash your clothes, take a bath, do your dishes and for setting out to collect water if its raining
-seeing pygmy goats, chickens, sheep(which look like gross nubian goats) and scurrying lizards (which are apparently evil and scary and their tails fall off when you are trying to kill the small ones running up the walls in your house)
-names of stores are generally something along the lines of "Jesus is King Electronics" or "His Everlasting Love Hairstyles" or "Heavenly Gifts Petrol"
America is almost equal to heaven in Ghanaian's eyes youll see stores called "New York Bikes" (the bikes are not from NY) or "Americal is Wonderful Fashions"
-no transportation has a schedule, you just wait for the tro to fill up, could be 5 min or 3 hours
-people go out of their way to help you and often will just take you to the place you are inquiring (asking is essential because there are not names for most roads)
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