Ghana

We took an interesting tour on Thursday. We were a small group of 14 and a cheer went

up from most of us when we got on our Air-Conditioned van. The highlight was a

trip to the University of Ghana which has 45,000 students. It was a very nice campus.

On the drive to the city (Accra) we passed some very nice housing, quite an improvement

on the previous ports. The road was good However, the trip back took us through the

poor area and the road was terrible. I don’t know why we took it. At least we did see,

many people in Ghana have decent housing.

This part of West Africa has a lot of poverty but in some areas the people do not seem

to realize how poor they are. I think it is good for us to see how bad some situations

are in order to appreciate what we have.  It's one ofthose times when hearing The "Star

Spangled Banner" wouold give you goosebumps. I don't think I mentioned about
how astonished I waas on ANZAC Day when Trevor sang the Australian National
Anthem (shich I did not recognize) and the Australians did not stand. I cannot imagine
not standing for the our National Anthem in a public place especially when out of the
country.

We had a nice drive around the campus and had a nice view overlooking the city.

We then went to the Arts department and were taught to play the African drums

and also learned an African dance. It was so much fun. Everyone seemed to have a

really good time. I wish we could have had video of it.