My life flashed before my eyes for the 2nd time in 4 days!!!!

I should write about the hospital tonight since it was an interesting day there! However, I had an interesting night so instead I will write about that!

Isaac was taking his son to his home village about 30 minutes away from Kpando tonight! Wise, Isaac's son likes to spend Christmas there with all his cousins. Isaac wanted to show me his village so I went with him. He decided to have his school bus driver, drive us to the village. Isaac's school bus for the special needs school is actually only a Honda minivan circa 1985! It is on its 2nd engine, and it will soon be on its 3rd! We were not even out of the town of Kpando yet when the thing started rumbling and smoking! It was so much smoke that I could not see my hand in front of my face! I jumped out of the car as fast as I possibly could because I thought it was going to explode like in the movies!!! Isaac said it wasn't the first time something like this happened. I'm a little worried for the school children who they transport everyday in that van!! I guess this is life in Africa!! They managed to get the hose reconnected. Luckily, Isaac was smart enough to suggest us taking a taxi to the village.

The taxi to and from the village was uneventful by African standards. It was the typical darting across the road to avoid potholes and "chicken" playing with the cars coming down the road! Haha!

We only had about 10 minutes of sunlight at the village since we got there later than expected. The village was actually very pretty. It was in the hillside of the jungle. The houses were built into the hill. It was more rustic than Kpando, but since it was not so crowded it seemed cleaner! They do not have consistent trash service and the idea of a trash can is foreign here! Ghana has much potential for tourism, but they first need more work on basic infrasturcture before the country as a whole would appeal to Americans.

Once we returned to the village, Isaac took me to his favorite "corner bar." I told him that's what we call it in the US, or at least Wisconsin! Haha! I was still a little shocked by the car incident that I was willing to drink 2 Guiness with him! Haha! 

So, I'm quickly learning everything here is an adventure! A simple car ride is not simple here; however, everything is guaranteed to be exciting! :)

Tomorrow, I will try and write about the hospital!

Love, Kari