Accra (the capital of Ghana)… is like a run down American City, with poor city planning, smelling sewers, and people hustling on the streets… but after living in the ‘bush’ for 3 months Accra is like entering back in to the US… there is a mall with a movie theater, a Nike and Puma store, a food court and a legit grocery store, people are driving extremely nice cars, and there are large variety of restaurants (rather than just eating Ghanaian chop) and bars.

Peace Corps hooked us volunteers up with a place to stay… staying with US Embassy workers in an air-conditioned house, having HOT, pressurized showers, with western foods (real milk, ice cream, pizza and Tostitos corn chips)... so we could par-take in eating a Thanksgiving meal with the US Ambassadors.

180 volunteers, 14 turkeys, 40 something pies, and 1 pool party later we were over stuffed and extremely satisfied and thankful with having had a ‘real American Meal.’

Happy Thanksgiving!