7. The Age Of Accra-rius

we moved into our new and more permanent apartment in east legon this week - check it out at http://www.royalrichester.com/ . we're really slumming it with our second bedroom, gym and pool. we also discovered a trivia quiz where all the expats seem to congregate. we performed relatively poorly, but i am confident we'll win before we leave.


we ate thai this week at a place that had been recommended by many people. it was all going very well until i found a maggot in my curry.


on the weekend the city seems to come alive with street parties set-up in random places. a street party consists of plastic tables and chairs, a small tent and a pile of about 20 speakers on top of each other generating really loud music. the music of choice here is hiplife. it's like african hip-hop mixed with a poppy beat and a lot of ghanaian innuendo and turn of phrase e.g. 'she like it in the morning, she like it in the evening'... 'teach me that ting'....or my personal favorite 'i need an african man'. it's actually pretty good and i am considering becoming the eminem of ghana. more importantly, it generates an awesome response from people here who just seem to spontaneously break into dance. their hair is more co-ordinated than i am. it's depressing.


 a strange number of you responded to the ‘ladies please stand-up’ description below with requests for photos...creepy.

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if i was a giraffe this is how i would look eating

i can see you....