landmarks

So, our time in Otuam is soon coming to an end. By February 27, we'll be back on Canadian soil... I'm so so ecited to go back home... yet I dont want to leave this place... this amazing place. It's so nice to walk down the road or through the paths and see fammilliar faces, people who dont call me Obruni any more. "Abena!".. or... "Araba!"... or even "Janiii... atisaine?!"...:) 'E-ye'

it's going to be strange going back to Canada, especially for my first few weeks back i'll be in the city. From the bush in Ghana to the concrete jungle. The cold city streets are so far from anything i could even imagine. Not only the cold, but just.. back to the grids, to the world of squares and sharp corners. "How do i get to this place?" will have such a different kind of answer over there than it would here. "So, if you go up Maple street to the corner of George, there's a CIBC there. Turn right four blocks and you'll see it on the other side of the road" as opposed to "Ok, go down that path just off the Mosque, then you'll see the well... go left on that path thats more up the hill, past the pink house with the blue bird painted on. You know the one with the mango tree over there? There's usually an old man sitting on the bench, just keep going straight and you'll see my house"...

God I'll miss this place. I'm gonna miss walking by the well, greeting all the people collecting their daily water. I'll miss the puppies that live at the pink house, and the old man on the bench. I love Ghana.