pictures!?!

This is the town of ElMina. I think it is a good pictures of what Ghana is like. It is definietly a developing country, but some parts are still very urban and developed in a lot of ways. I think pictures of Ghana can describe wht it is like better than I can describe.

This is ElMina castle. Built for gold, and ivory trade, and used for a little for the slave trade. A very intense place, to say the least.

This is my friend Yolanda, playing with a few kids in a village we stopped in to buy Kenti Cloth. All the children wanted to teach us clapping games.

So I just mentioned Kenti cloth, and here is how they make it.
Kenti is really really bright, with lots of different designs on each strip of cloth. West Africa is famous for this fabric!

The library at my school. There are statues of famous graduates all around campus.

A sunrise, looking out from the bathroom.

This is my good friend Sadie, in the our showers. COLD, ONLY COLD water comes out of the facet at the top! Believe it or not, I've gotten used to cold showers...this coming from the girls who usually uses up all the hot water with 30 minute long showers.

This is my roommate (who has since moved because she is taking classes at another campus)
in our room. Not to shabby?

Me and one of the Ghanaian student EAP volunteers at our orientation dinner.

This is where I live! Nice, huh?
The entrance to the Volta Hall Cafeteria.