I swear, the guy I met at the airport was literally an angel. I have no idea what I would have done if I hadn't met him. I flew into Accra by myself two days before the rest of the group because that's part of the joys of flying standby. I knew I was going to a guest house on the beach, but I had no idea how to get myself there. Walking out to where the taxis are I just happened to run into this guy who just happened to be a global risk manager for a company who invests billions of dollars in gold mines in Ghana and he got a guy to take me to the beach. I'm not even joking, he was an angel and an answer to all the prayers I had been praying.
Call me crazy, but I'm still not super comfortable here by myself. I'm starting to loosen up though. I felt a definite sense of peace on the way from the airport, like everything is going to be absolutely fine. Other people have been way more lost and confused than I am right now, guaranteed. And seriously, this guest house is like the least shady place I could be. I don't feel like it's unsafe at all, so I'm starting to relax.
As far as Ghana goes, one of the first things I noticed is that the sky is HUGE! It's wider than the sky I've seen anywhere else. Maybe because there are no tall buildings and a pretty flat terrain? It smells like Honduras lol, like diesel smoke. But there's also something different, I'm not sure what it is...I guess just Africa :) And the people here are ridiculously friendly! My automatic standoffish shield that I put up when I'm uncomfortable just doesn't fly here. Let's see...people carry EVERYTHING on their heads, it's insane. It's like a genetic Ghanaian predisposition to having a flat head or something. I can't balance anything anywhere on my body, so I'm pretty sure I would totally fail here. OK well that's my crash course on what Ghana has been so far. I'm not hating it! And of course I'm never one to turn down a beach vacation :)
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