A few things...

this is my dorm, called ISH 2 (International Students Hostel)

the night market, which has local food stands, fruit and vegetables. right across from my dorm!

some things I have learned in Ghana:
1. I am the only obruni in two of my 200 person french classes and it's a really weird role reversal!
2. this country is HIGHLY christian, but I did not forsee prayers before english class, thanking god for the opportunity to study and also thanking him for good grades...
3. It is culturally unacceptable to use your left hand to give things to people. A woman accidentally handed me a water bottle with her left hand, and said, "excuse my left, please pray for me". she was clearly very embarrassed.
4. there are lots of different kinds of desks and chairs in the lecture halls
5. all the students here are bilingual! they speak english, their mother tongue (or their native language) and a lot of them are learning other languages like french, spanish and arabic. in my french class we had an exercise where we had to translate a french sentence into english and then into your mother tongue. everyone laughed when it was my turn because english is my mother tongue...

one of my good friends got sick and had to go to the hospital to get her blood drawn to test for malaria. it was a crazy experience. she waited for 3 hours to see the doctor, and she was very sick. there was one doctor for 32 patients. once the doctor finally saw her, she was moved to a different ward because there wasn't enough room where she originally was. there was a total lack of communication between doctors (my friends and i had to be messengers) and a confusion over what medicines to give her. there was also no soap anywhere in the hospital. regardless, the nurses were really kind to her and tried to make her as comfortable as possible. three of us stayed the night with her and she was released. it was crazy being in an african hospital and even though it's right across the street from the university, in one of the biggest cities in west africa, it was still very understaffed and undersupplied.

more pictures coming soon, the internet just slowed down on me.
peace and love