May 18, 2011

I am in Africa; I have been here for ten days and I am enjoying myself.  There is so much culture here that I am finding fascinating, but I can't leave out the sadness.  Yes there is sadness in Ghana, but the way I was taught of Africa is no way shape or form that way in real africa, or at least all of Africa is not what they show on Nat Geo.  Africa is filled with a diversity of living dwellings and I had the pleasure to see many different ways of living.  The way some people live here is unimaginable; one room huts so small that we would have no use for the space here in America, yet here in these parts it's where 3 to 4 people may share.

The food here is plentiful, food stands on every street corner and all healthy eating, fresh fruits and vegetables sold here.  The people feast on bananas and nuts, my first taste of this mixture, I thought I truly was in heaven.  I am not one who is a big fan of bananas, I have a texture issue with them. But with the nuts and bananas it was a true hit to the taste buds. I guess I can say "I'm enjoying the taste of the town"  Yesterday I ate something that did not agree with my stomach from Papayas restaurant. I have to pull back on taste testing the town, it may not be best for my system.  It was fun while it lasted.

I have tasted coconut water freshly served in the coconut, ginger juice, barbecue with seasoning on the side; fried egg stew with rice, palm nut soup that Malik mum made.  Malik's family is so nice to me they take very good care of me and show so much love and respect.  It is refreshing for me seeing as though my family is opposite of how they are with me.  This makes me love my husband even more.  He is such a sweet and caring man himself and I see where it comes from.  He is exactly what he said he was to me a simple man from Ghana.  Simple he is, not hard to please and give me the world if he could.