7th day in Africa

So much to say, so little time!

In short,

*No running water so I took a shower out of a bucket last night.
*I chose to live in the non international dorm to completely submerge myself in the culture here.
*8 out of 30 UC students have already gone to the hospital (possibly for malaria/ food poisoning).
*It's about 105 degrees here with the humidity.

*I am having an amazing time. I know the above sounds not too pleasant but it's all part of the Africa experience. Living here in Ghana is definitely the crash course Africa experience but it really has made me realize how lucky we are in the United States. I am hopefully going to come back tomorrow and go into more detail/add pics but, in short, the following are several questions my dad asked and I think they might be interesting to everybody.

Do you like your roommate?
Yes, he is an actual Ghanaian student. It is a little hard to understand everything he says but he is going to explore Ghana with me!! He is running for President of UG (University of Ghana) and seems to be the most popular buy on campus so I am meeting a bunch of new people every day! They call me Ubroni = white boy in Twi.

I'll get to the rest of the questions tomorrow!

Goodnight,
J

Who do you hang out with? Are they fun? Do the school officials run you around a lot? Do you get time to yourself to go to the store and stuff? Is the school very far from someplace you might want to stroll around like a market or something? What kind of monkey did you see and how far away was he? Are they going to take you out in the countryside or the jungle or to little towns away from the city? Have you tried your water purifier yet? Any mosquitoes? Did you put up your bed net? Do other people have bed nets? Mom wanted to know if you bought a fan yet. And where did you get the toilet paper? Is it very expensive to buy stuff over there with the American dollar? What kinds of houses did the people wear who were in the slum areas? What did they wear? Have you had any problems yet? Did you find out anything about your classes or anything?