Farewell Tamale

Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Cape Coast University Hostel

I woke up to the sound of a motorcycle pulling in… most definitely Ali, who was probably here to say goodbye to us. Waking up a bit early, I had the opportunity to finally teach Ali some basic kung fu exercises, which he seemed to enjoy, since he had been hyping up to me about how earnestly he wanted to learn some martial arts.

By the time I finished, the water had finally come on and I took my last cold shower in the wash area, which was now kind of covered in dirt and other unclean particles. Dr. Wanye came over around 7:45 AM to send us off and thank us for our service to the various Ghanaian communities’ eye health. We left around 8:30 AM for Cape Coast, our mini vacation town before we headed off to the airport tomorrow night.
We arrived at the Cape Coast University Hostel at about 6 PM, and got a room for $5 cedis a night, which was very excellent financial-wise compared to the $25-30 dollars a night at the Accra Telecentre. The accommodations for the hostel weren’t great, but it was still survivable. A mattress, showers heads (but no curtains so I had to develop a little confidence in my “figure”), and toilets. That night, the other three guys Marti, Christina, and John shared a room while Camil and I shared the other room.

For dinner, we went to ANOTHER Goil gas station restaurant. And… it was absolutely packed. I guess there’s just something nationally about Ghana Goil stations being extremely popular locations to hang out. Being the day that Ghana played their second match, the restaurant had set up some outdoor tables with a nice projector showing the World Cup games on the side. After chilling out a bit there and watching a pretty exciting game between Cameroon and Denmark, we headed back to the hostel for bedtime.