The Lowdown - Alswell School, Winneba 26th September

We've moved! Hopefully now that we are in the Ghana Girl Guide Training Centre in Achimota, we'll have a more reliable source of Wifi and will post more regularly. We're having a bit of a chill day today before the madness of Training starts (and also to escape from the 35 degree heat outside!)

The High's

• The leaders were so...they were the most...they were really excited. (Alice's words. Top communicator of the group)
• Enthusiastic Leaders that wanted to learn as much about Guiding as possible, PLUS they wanted to open other units in the area - absolutely amazing!
• We had some ice cream as a starter, yum yum yum!
• Terri's foot is NOT BROKEN! Horrayyyy!
• Even though the unit at Alswell is practically a newborn, every girl had a Brownie/Guide Uniform and they knew some of our songs too! 
• A literal high: We walked 130 ft above the ground on Kakum's canopy walk! Alice was the most scared, and it was so wet Sarah H's contact lenses nearly were washed out her eyes!

The Low's

• In true GOLD style, we had to deliver our training in interesting circumstances. We had fifty children trying to peek through the windows at us, while builders were hammering upstairs. A training to remember!
• Halfway through our training, the 5:30am rise started to kick in, luckily, our hosts were at the ready with ice cold Coke.
• Apparently, trying to get something to eat on a Sunday night can prove difficult. We had to get a taxi to a service station to get something to feed our hungry bellies!
• Grace had some very disappointing Jolof rice, apparently not very spicy and from Nigera. We are grieving for you Grace.

The Funny's

Good Pose, Ter

• During our day at Kakum national park, we managed to find out the true meaning of RAINforest when we were soaked through the skin.
• On the way back from the national park, six people managed to squeeze into a taxi for four. Wet, cold, and smooshed, we certainly had a LOT of crazy conversations (not all of which I can remember)
• Mhairi has become the official group bargainer. She managed to buy Terri a pillow out of the TroTro window for £2, and got the taxi man down from 60 Cedi to 20. Go Mhairi!
• We had to eat our lunch outside of a petrol station. Ambience you say?
• During our TroTro ride home from Winneba, we were directed by Alice who said to the driver "Yes, turn here, I recognise that pile of rubble!"

GOLD Love

XOXO