a glimpse into my world

1.24.09
i thought this time i would give you some visual descriptions of ghana as i am seeing it since the connection is too slow to allow me to post pics so here goes...
picture a hazy blue backdrop with rolling mountains (kind of reminds me of the blue ridge) dotted with tall green trees, grasses, corn fields and palms stretched across as far as you can see. there is a cool gentle breeze blowing to cool you from the hot sun (warm but not too intense). the ground is a vast expanse of dry red clay dirt that clings to your skin and covers you in a fine layer. in the distance you hear a cacophony of roosters, chickens, goats, dogs and cats. small tin roofed mud houses plastered in concrete dot the foreground with laundry hanging out to dry. the colored were once bright but now faded and most of the structures are crumbling. people are friendly but curious and always interested to wave at, yell at, or talk with the passing obruni. this is a place where everyone down to the smallest children carry things on their heads from water to bundles of wood to school bags. it's a quiet and more relaxed pace, but also a place of poverty and decay. trash cans are non-existent and garbage is carelessly tossed on the ground to be swept into piles and eventually burned. it is a place completely foreign but becoming less so with each slowly passing day. to me to me, this is ghana.