Wow is all I could say the entire hour-long taxi ride from the Accra airport to the Akuapem Hills where I'm staying. Everything is so unbelieveably different than anything I've ever seen before. I've been to a lot of places, but never a third world country, and there is really nothing else like it.
As soon as we turned the corner from the airport, at least 50 people came up to the car trying to sell me everything from flashlights to plantain chips. When I arrived at the house, I found that Dina only has 2 kids, one of whom is in college in Accra who I haven't met, and the other one, Spendy, is an adorable 6 year old girl who Dina adopted about 8 months ago.
Everybody that I have encountered here has been very friendly. The day after I arrived, one of the people working for Projects Abroad named Chief took me to a nearby city called Kofuridua. He showed me around, I bought some things I needed, we had lunch, and went back to the hills. We went there and back by Tro Tro, which is the same idea as public transit, except modified for the third world. It's an old minivan that carries up to 15 or so people that picks up and drops people off on its route.
My second day here, the coordinator of the care program for the organization took me to the Adom Day Care center where I'll be working for the first 4 weeks. Oh my god are these kids ADORABLE. I literally fell in love the second I saw them. Let me tell you, African babies are a billion times. cuter than every other baby on this planet
The Day Care is quite overwhelming, with about 80 1-6 year old kids and only 5 teachers. The main teacher, Tina, who I already love, is mainly in charge of the 1-2 year olds. I decided to stick with her for the day and completely fell in love with all of the kids. I can tell every day is going be extremely hot and extremely tiring, but it's worth it for the kids.