Accra...no bo ye dzen

Things have been great here since we moved to Accra. We got to our hostel late last Monday, and the staff there are so great. They are giving us a great deal to stay for the month, and with all the discounts counted for its 6.50 a night for me. Our hostel is about a 20 minute drive from the main part of the city, an hour if you go by tro-tro (which is much cheaper and worth the hassle). It took a few days to adjust to the city, but we've all got the hang of it now, I think. Research for my ISP has been going kind of slow, but its picking up now, which is promising. It feels so strange that I'll be back in the States this time next month, and I know the next three weeks are going to fly by. One of my friends here, Maria, has a cousin who lives in the city, and he and his girlfriend Barbara have been great in showing us around the city. Tomorrow the six of us in the program plus Maria's cousin and girlfriend plus another couple we've gotten to know are all going to a beach resort called Kroko Bito. It should be pretty amazing, we're going to stay the night there. The only down side to Accra is that it is so much more expensive than living in Cape Coast, but its more managable now that we have some sort of concept of how to work the city. I'll be happy to be back home and be with my friends and family, but I'm really not looking forward to leaving Ghana, I love it so much here. It will be stange going back to a community as restictive as PC when I've been able to live almost completely on my own with only my friends here to rely on one another. The relationships I've made here have been so monumental, and its not going to be fun to have to say bye to these people. But, thats still 3 weeks away, so no need to worry about it now. I hope you're all well and I am looking forward to catching up when I get back.