It was a rush this morning to have breakfast to be ready on time for Daniel to come pick me up, but he arrived an hour later than we had agreed and were only at the bus station another hour after that where we still had to wait for an empty bus. There are no set times for the buses to leave, they just go when they're full. Just from this station there are 40 buses going to Kumasi per day!
Most of the trip was very bumpy since the road was just a dirt road and if there was a bit of tarmac road it was full of pot holes. We were entertained by a local film where everyone in the bus was commenting on talking to themselves. There was a friendly lady next to me who waited for me in Kumasi when we got off the bus because it was so chaotic and she wanted to be sure I found Mike. There were ladies attacking the bus as we entered the bus station, it looked as though they wanted to steal the bags in the load but I later found out that these ladies coming from the North wanted to carry the bags and charge you for it. Luckily I managed to collect all my 6 bags on time with the help of this lady.
Arrived at the host family house, which is so nice for what I've seen and expected. The family is nice too, they don't talk too much though. The other volunteer girls are from Canada who is studying Pharmacy in Hong Kong and the other is from Germany but studying Urban Planning at a college in New York. They've already been here together for about a week. I've got my own room with mosquito net and fan.
According to Sarah, the other girl who also works at the hospital, it's quite relaxed, she doesn't really have to work, but just follow the doctors around.
I though I would start today already at 8am but today I will have an orientation by one of the sons,Kwame around town I think and then start tomorrow at the hospital.
Kejetia market Kumasi
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