Monday 30 May 2011

End of Week Two List.

1. Do not ask if they have peaches in England. (They do.)
2. Don't trust a taxi driver when he says he knows where he is going.
3. Don't get in a taxi that will cause you to leave with mysterious blood on the back of your calf.
4. Ghanaians don't form lines at ATMs or Tros. They follow "Survival of the Fittest."
5. I will never be the "fittest."
6. If it looks like rain...it won't rain.
7. If it looks clear...it will rain.
8. Host families only clean the bathrooms if there is a new volunteer coming in.
9. How to dry out cocoa beans.
10. The difference in Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles.
11. Eat as much as you can when you go out to eat so you can last longer without eating the local cuisine.
12. ALWAYS carry baby wipes. 
13. Find the cleanest bathrooms in your regular buildings...then coordinate your water/pee schedule to match when you'll be near those bathrooms.
14. It's impossible to "sleep in" here.
15. Do your laundry more than once a week.
16. Buy parasite medicine before swimming.
17. Random businessmen who have never used an ATM before will get ATM preference.
18. It is possible to get tired of chicken.
19. It is not possible to get tired of pineapple.
20. Always carry your rain jacket.

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