The Ghana Adventure Begins.

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 Hello everyone,

Everyone in my life said the same thing "Are you crazy?".This journey began with the questions. 

Yes, I guess so. My assignment period is a bit short, 3 months. But it doesn't matter. Here I am in Ghana.

On my first day, my volunteer friends Louis and Oceane picked me up from the airport.
After a short tour around Tamale, we bought something to eat and went to the volunteer house.Since I arrived on Friday, I had three free days at the beginning.

I spent the first day resting, and again my volunteer friends took me to do some grocery shopping.

On the second day, I was just waiting for my soul to catch up with me.
Whenever I take a long trip (especially by plane), I always feel like I travel too fast and leave my soul behind.
When I arrive at my destination, I wait for a while until my soul arrives too.
It’s actually a small ritual that helps me adjust to the new place emotionally.Maybe that’s why I love slow mornings and quiet moments when I arrive somewhere new.

On my third day here, we did some mehandi for Louis, and my mentor Philip came to visit me.
It was a day full of cleaning the house and writing a lot.

I think I’m going to meet amazing people and have wonderful moments here.
I’ll leave you with some photos from my journey, which took almost 24 hours including all the transfers.
See you very soon!

yesss this is me

 

the second plane of my long trip

 

and this is my third plane

 

 

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