{"id":410,"date":"2010-08-29T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T08:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/?p=410"},"modified":"2010-08-29T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2010-08-29T08:54:48","slug":"friday-and-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/29\/friday-and-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday and Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nUp at 5am and away by 6am. Loads of time at Heathrow, eggs on toast
\nbut no watches (need a replacement due to broken band). Flight to
\nAmsterdam fine. Enough time in Amsterdam to get to boarding gate, not
\nenough to actually look around. The flight to Ghana was not full, so
\nafter take off everyone shuffled around so we all had empty seats next
\nto us. And for once I actually got behind someone who did not recline!
\nRead, watched Alice in Wonderland during lunch, flew over the Sahara
\nbut couldn’t see much as I was over the wing. Arrived 2 hours before
\nthe others so stayed in the baggage claim area waiting and reading.
\nEveryone else came in fine and we headed out into the chaos that is
\nAccra airport. Found the people sent to collect us and got ready for
\nthe 2+ hour drive to Cape Coast. We were exhausted and not looking
\nforward to that drive so we definitely cheered up when we were told
\nwe’d be staying at a hotel in Accra! Crystal Palm Hotel, plain but
\nnice and I fell asleep quite quickly but woke up very early.<\/p>\n

So sat and read until down to meet everyone for breakfast. Interesting
\nbreakfast – the waiter said he’d placed an order for an ‘English
\nBreakfast’ for us. Which was an omelette, hot dogs fried with green
\npepper and onion, two slices of toast, and beans. So after breakfast a
\nvery quick check of emails (this laptop has Windows 7 and it took me
\nforever to figure out to connect to the wifi! Not the easiest system.)<\/p>\n

Into the car and off to Cape Coast – a bit over 2 hours. The traffic
\nwas moderate and there was lots to see. The view changed from rather
\ndry and dusty to very green – lots of trees and greenery. Every now
\nand again people by the side selling things – including hunters with
\nsmall antilop and a large rodent! One person wanted to get a photo but
\nthen we didn’t see any more. Typical! Soon could see the sea.<\/p>\n

Got to the university and registered and checked in. The on campus
\nchalets are very nice – though no wifi (I’m at an internet cafe typing
\nthis). We have a sitting room, bedroom, bathroom, and small lockable
\nroom that we haven’t quite figured out. Haven’t figured out the hot
\nwater either! Meetings start tomorrow.<\/p>\n

After getting settled we headed over to get lunch. We decided the
\nGhanian dishes looked good so got the ‘buffet’ which was sampler of
\neverything. We decided that looked like too much food so only got two
\nfor three of us. Should have got one! It was loads of food, which was
\nall good. Though the banku and ocra stew wasn’t to everyone’s taste!
\nIt was a bit bland and sticky.<\/p>\n

We are now in the cenre of Cape Coast at an internet cafe. Interesting
\narea and I’m trying to get loads of photos so Joe can see what it’s
\nlike!<\/p>\n

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