On our Way to Africa, April 2007
They say that the leather goods in Ghana are quite nice and reasonably priced. Keep in mind that one US dollar is the equivalent of about 10,000 Ghanaian cedi's (written ¢10,000). I'm just not sure that the shopping experience would be as comfortable as in an air-conditioned 3-storey mall in Beverly Hills! - ha ha!)
Here, an ambitious coconut salesman plies his wares on the street corner!
Evidently, this bicycle-riding vendor has milk for sale. Somehow, I don't think this compares with the drive-thru dairies we used to frequent in California!
Street scenes here are just plain interesting - colorful, haphazard, unexpected!
These trees just outside the Temple are so cool! They string lights throughout them at Christmas time.
My friend Katalin McKee and I at the LDS Temple in Accra - our first stop on the sightseeing circuit. There are two Temples in West Africa now - this one was dedicated in January 2004 and the one in Aba, Nigeria was dedicated in August 2005.
Chris is standing in line at Immigration waiting to be allowed into Ghana. We ALMOST didn't make our flight in New York City, due to unexpected delays, and the next one wouldn't leave for 2 days, so we're VERY HAPPY to be here!
It's been 40 hours since we left our home in Grants Pass, Oregon, and the temperature is 82 degrees F. at 7:45 a.m.! But we're glad to be here and look forward to the adventure!
Chris is standing in the arrival hall in Accra's airport which is brightly draped with Ghanaian colors and "welcome' written in Twi, one of many native languages. (Most people here, even the uneducated, speak about 5 languages, we're told.)
This was the plane that carried us for over 10 hours from New York's JFK airport directly to Accra, Ghana. While on board, we ate 2 meals, watched 3 movies, read, listenend to music, tried every means possible to stretch our legs, conversed with flight crew and a "token civilian member of the board" on a peacekeeping training mission, and tried not to think about how much better the first class fliers had it than we did! ha ha
This was the closest we ever got to the Statue of Liberty! Next time we'll really have to allow for more time to sightsee!
After school on Friday, April 27, Chris and I (Marilyn) left on a flight to San Francisco, then an overnight flight to New York City. Since this was our first time to the Big Apple, we decided to combine some sightseeing with some eating of highly-acclaimed New York pizza. One of our first stops was to the Empire State Building - which we only saw from the street level, as the wait was too long to go up to the observation deck. We also saw parts of Fifth Avenue, Broadway Avenue, Seventh Street (the fashion capital) and Madison Square Gardens.
They say that the leather goods in Ghana are quite nice and reasonably priced. Keep in mind that one US dollar is the equivalent of about 10,000 Ghanaian cedi's (written ¢10,000). I'm just not sure that the shopping experience would be as comfortable as in an air-conditioned 3-storey mall in Beverly Hills! - ha ha!)
Here, an ambitious coconut salesman plies his wares on the street corner!
Evidently, this bicycle-riding vendor has milk for sale. Somehow, I don't think this compares with the drive-thru dairies we used to frequent in California!
Street scenes here are just plain interesting - colorful, haphazard, unexpected!
These trees just outside the Temple are so cool! They string lights throughout them at Christmas time.
My friend Katalin McKee and I at the LDS Temple in Accra - our first stop on the sightseeing circuit. There are two Temples in West Africa now - this one was dedicated in January 2004 and the one in Aba, Nigeria was dedicated in August 2005.
Chris is standing in line at Immigration waiting to be allowed into Ghana. We ALMOST didn't make our flight in New York City, due to unexpected delays, and the next one wouldn't leave for 2 days, so we're VERY HAPPY to be here!
It's been 40 hours since we left our home in Grants Pass, Oregon, and the temperature is 82 degrees F. at 7:45 a.m.! But we're glad to be here and look forward to the adventure!
Chris is standing in the arrival hall in Accra's airport which is brightly draped with Ghanaian colors and "welcome' written in Twi, one of many native languages. (Most people here, even the uneducated, speak about 5 languages, we're told.)
This was the plane that carried us for over 10 hours from New York's JFK airport directly to Accra, Ghana. While on board, we ate 2 meals, watched 3 movies, read, listenend to music, tried every means possible to stretch our legs, conversed with flight crew and a "token civilian member of the board" on a peacekeeping training mission, and tried not to think about how much better the first class fliers had it than we did! ha ha
This was the closest we ever got to the Statue of Liberty! Next time we'll really have to allow for more time to sightsee!
After school on Friday, April 27, Chris and I (Marilyn) left on a flight to San Francisco, then an overnight flight to New York City. Since this was our first time to the Big Apple, we decided to combine some sightseeing with some eating of highly-acclaimed New York pizza. One of our first stops was to the Empire State Building - which we only saw from the street level, as the wait was too long to go up to the observation deck. We also saw parts of Fifth Avenue, Broadway Avenue, Seventh Street (the fashion capital) and Madison Square Gardens.
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This is GREAT Marilyn! I think I will vicariously travel the world with you! Good job on assembling your new blog! I will check it often looking for the next in your adventures! Have fun!
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