spots, election, and no internet for a month.

so in case anyone was wondering what spots look like here in ghana, you are in for a real treat because they are quite amazing places... i would compare them to places like the W or eastside, but that wouldn't be fair... nothing can compare these places... the comfort, the nice breeze, the loud music.

so here is what a typical spot looks like. there is like a bar area where you get your drinks, sometimes its an inclosed area and other times its just a table. the tables are pretty fancy and the chairs are just the same. i'm not sure if you can see the speaker in the corner, but usually they have pretty heavy duty speakers and play the music really loud... especially if they have jams. when they have jams they sometimes extend their spot to the outside area. its quite special, you dance outside in the dirt road, with children, and men and women... and sometimes the women have their babies on their back. theres a spot nearby my homestay and whenever they would have a jam, i could hear the music from my house.

now this would be their great selection of alcohol. mmm, okay, so its not that great, they mostly have gin and gin. sometimes they will have vodka bottles, but inside will contain gin. so deceiving! i haven't really tried anything in those bottles except this strawberry one by accident... it tasted like strawberry syrup.

here is the amazing photo of the election poster that they have all over kukurantumi to encourage people to vote. i didn't think that it would capture all the greatness, but to my surprise it did! i'm not sure if you will find it funny... but i thought it was a bit amusing... i mean that guy in the motobicycle looks like he was pasted on... and i'm not exactly sure why hes so small compared to everyone else. but anyways, i laughed... maybe you will too?


so here was a rally for ndc. the guy in the car is doing the dance of "we are changing" there was so many people walking the streets... it was like a parade, full of all sorts of people. kids, men, women... it seems like kids get involved with everything here... like when they are like three they are taking the trash to the dumpster, cutting food with knives, sweeping the floor... they are more productive than me! anyways, the parade had like drums, trucks with huge speakers attached to them, and the whole shaaabang!



okay, so this is my last update for a while... there is going to be a runoff for the presidential election and so we aren't allowed to leave our communities from dec. 24 through the 2. and i'm pretty sure my community doesn't have internet... so i guess i'll have plenty to tell when i get back... like a whole months worth of goodness.

twi word of the day: yenko (lets go)