Thursday February 10th 2011-Ghana be a sad day booooooo

Last day in Ghana-wake up head to toe in sand and three Cedi’s poorer.  Awesome.  Not much happed today except for us getting our stuff together and leaving.  About 15 mins into the ride back to the ship our cab driver got a call that some not so smart young SAS lady left her bag at the hotel.  We returned to get it for her because Charlie, Drew, Matt and I are 4 damn nice gentlemen.  Naturally when we received her bag we rummaged through it.  Found an orange and a box of cheerios…those are now mine.  Then suddenly as we were driving away I noticed 3 young local children waving to us on the side of the road.  Here comes one of the best moments of Ghana.  I asked the cab driver to stop and got out with the orange.  The kids came running up and I split it right equally for the 3 of them.  Each time I gave each of them a piece, they would tell me “medase” which is Thank you in their language.  These are the best moments of SAS… little things like that which come so unexpectedly.  These 3 little kids were so happy and slowly gnawing on orange slices when I captured a few pictures of them.    At this moment I remembered the Cheerios and turned to Drew to ask for them.  One of those “had to be there moments” but he was sitting in the front seat of the cab car pouring the last bit of the box into his mouth.  Hahahhahaha I crack up thinking about it but it was really funny.  We said goodbye and completed the hour ride back to the ship.  Oh…and while we were in Axim I got this sweet pair of Team Ghana futbol shorts and a bandana.  The guy wanted 35 Cedi($24.50)  I offered 5 Cedi($3.50).  When the bargaining came to an end I ended up giving him 7 Cedi (not even 5 bucks).  I did well.  During this trip I learned something about working in the United States.  We dread going to work everyday and count down the hours until we are able to leave.  In somewhere like Ghana, it is the exact different.  People work because they have nothing else to do in the day.  They literally work sun up to sun down everyday without even thinking about it.  They have never known anything else so in their eyes, what else can they possibly do but sit by their stands all day. They live almost like animals in the sense where they spend the vast majority of their day just trying to put a little food on the table.  This is the first time I have ever seen this way of life to this extent.  Anyways, back to Takoradi, we boarded the ship and left Ghana at about 1800.  On our way to Cape Town, South Africa. Woot