Due to Warren's dose of malaria we had to reschedule our trip away for his marathon, which means that we're here in Konongo for a further six weeks than we had planned when we did our big shop for supplies. So on the weekend we decided to do a quick trip to Accra for grocery shopping - that's 4+ hours on a very bumpy and crazy road to get there. It's one of the major highways in Ghana, but is being rebuilt at present - and I suspect for the next 10 years! So at the moment, half of it has been ripped up and because it has been raining a lot the dirt has washed away leaving large holes and canyons in the dirt. Its really not fun, and I'm beginning to dread those drives with a passion!
However, we do have the luxury of staying at a nice hotel at the other end of the journey - the Golden Tulip has a big pool, tropical gardens and a good gym and restaurant - and even makes a decent cappuccino which I haven't had since we left Perth (not even in France -has anyone else noticed that they don't have good coffee?!) We also met up with a friend, Sandra in Accra - she is a student (Public Relations and HR)at the University of Ghana, but did her summer work experience at the minesite. We got along really well - I think because she was the only person who understood our jokes!! So it was nice to catch up with her, and have someone else (apart from Warren) to have a decent chat to.
We did our shopping - and managed to spend about $1500 on groceries!!! Oh my goodness - it felt wrong! But hopefully that will last us for six weeks, with some extra local fruit and veg etc from Konongo. I'm definitely not making that trip again unless I really have to - so if our supplies run out we might be eating lots of Bean Stew until our next trip to Europe at the end of October!
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