Went up to Ho last night to say my goodbyes to Felicia, Bridget’s sister. I’ve been visiting her somewhat regularly, and always stop by when I’m in town. It’s customary to serve water and a meal for a guest, so I show up and we visit while she cooks, then we eat or I eat alone. It’s sort of weird to show up somewhere and have someone make a meal for you then not share in it, but I’ve gotten over it.
Everyone in her compound was sick with malaria, which struck me as kinda odd because there seem to be way fewer mosquitoes in the city as compared to Anloga. Hopefully I’ve dodged that bullet. 5 months without anti-malarials and I’m knocking on wood every chance I get for the next 48 hours.
Bridget’s niece, Joanna, is all growed up! Not really, but she’s standing and cruising around like a champ. Bridget wanted a picture of her standing as proof of her new-found maturity and I delivered.
And speaking of proving things, remember when I wrote about failing to climb Mt. Adaklu? Well I referred to it as a “big, sperm-whale looking mountain.” I had no pictures to back up my claim at the time, and though this isn’t a great shot, you can kinda get the idea. Just imagine a tail coming up to the left of the mountain and there she blows!
We have a mountain in the game that we referred to as “Whale Mountain.”
I didn’t realize we were accidentally referencing a real mountain.
Oh it exists. Make no mistake.
Hey, thanks for the blog! I am going to be volunteering in Ghana for five months starting next week, so your blog was very helpful.