Playing in Africa

As we drive around the campus (University of Cape Coast), we see villages like this...

In those villages, there are kids who like to play soccer. Yesterday, we were walking to my new school to see how long it would take - and on our way back the kids told us to stop walking so we could talk to them. We learned all their names. They named me Kojo (Monday born) and asked me to come back today to play soccer.

Today, we went back to play with them, but they didn't have a needle to pump up the ball - so we ran through the village together and found a shop that had a needle. They pumped up the ball. We went to a gravel and dirt field to play soccer. Some of them played without shoes! Mom took the picture at the top of my blog after our game.

Oh yeah, these kids love to touch my hair because it is a different color and it's softer than theirs.

British Airways

One of the highlights of the trip to Ghana was this: when we got on the plane, I started watching watching '42' - that is a good film - and then I watched the 'Croods'. Then we had pasta for dinner. Then I slept for four hours...actually I don't know how long I slept, but I do know that I watched the 'Croods' again when I woke up.

In London, Great Britain, we stood in a lot of lines - then I found a snapper catcher thingey at a toy store. I played with it for about 10 minutes. Then, we caught our plan to Ghana.

When I walked off the plane in Accra, it was really humid and smelled like Africa. I thought it was cool that we got to walk down the stairs onto the runway! Awesome!