Show me the picture

Our first full day in Ghana was spent roaming the street and getting the feel of being here.  I saw so many interesting things that it is hard to know where to start.  So lets start with the kids.  It is my practice to ask if I can take someone's picture and try and get their name.  It turns out that the kids love having their picture taken.  In exchange they want to see the picture and will gather around quickly poking at the camera to try and get the picture to enlarge as it will on an iphone.

 

In the video you will hear a young child start to cry, this was because one of our male coaches make the mistake of speaking to him and scared the poor thing.  But within a couple of minutes of being comforted by the other children he was back with crowd looking for his picture. 

 



 

The kids know how to operate an iphone because almost everyone here as a cell phone of some sort.  We picked up a basic one from a street vendor for about $20 with a SIM card and enough minute to call home for about a week.  They are usually refurbished used phones that are sold on the street.  This young man was selling phones and liked my camera so asked me to take his picture.

 

The other thing that we have seen piles and piles shoes for sale.  They are sold in the markets on the side of the street.  From what we have been able to gather it sounds like these are shoes that have been donated and shipped to Africa.  Entrepreneurs then purchase the shoes and sell them for a small profit. There are many gently used items available for sale in the markets.  Our driver told us that they are usually better quality than the new items that are available for sale in Ghana and cost half the price so are affordable to more people. 

 

Well I could go on for hours but its up at 4am tomorrow to get on the road to our first credit union so its off to bed for me.  Oh and Brian if you are reading this THANK YOU!  We are flying to Sunyani instead of driving :)