So we're finally getting into the swing of things here. It all takes a little time and to be honest I was most concerned with the job and making sure I kept my head above water for the first week. I managed to do it albeit missing tuesday and wednesday with the dreaded "Ghana Gut". Severe stomach cramps and numerous runs to the bathroom. I won't go into the finer details but suffice to say I went on an enforced diet for a few days.
We had a fairly quiet weekend which suited me just fine, although we did go out with 2 female teachers to eat on the friday. We looked up some places in our "no worries" guide to Ghana. Unfortunately things are not quite up to date and our proposed venue was no longer there. Never fear, there's plenty to choose from and we traversed a main road (not an easy thing to do with the drivers over here) and ended up in a little tacky joint... named Hallo Restaurant where we had the usual choice of Chinese or Pizza! We ended up getting two of each and to be fair to them the pizza's were pretty good, about 12 Cedi's or 8 dollars for a large one. The chinese was not quite as successful but you live and learn as they say.
Next up we headed to "Ryans Irish Bar"... ( i lasted a month didn't I???). It was a lovely old colonial building, well laid out with great 80's tunes and a very decent pool table upstairs. I can see myself heading back! Beers and food was a lot pricer than other bars but that's to be expected i guess.
Finally we went to "Champs"... a sports bar with a university crowd. It was karaoke night so we were blessed with a fine selection of top chart music belted out by some of the clientelle. Met a few very pleasant Lebanese guys (there's quite a few here) and then called it a night. I had the grand total of 2 and a half beers! My stomach was still not 100% so I took it very easy.
Sat was spent watching a bit of Arsenal/Man U and sunday was a game of football and a swim in the school pool. All in all a very enjoyable weekend.
On a great side note, Karolina has been offered (and started today) a job here as a Teaching Assistant to grade 3. The primary principal is top notch and said she can stay as long as she wants and if at any stage she wants to stop there's no problem. It'll be great for her until she gets something closer to her actual profession.
Hope everyones well and please post some comments if there's things you want to know.
Later Gaters,
