Life in the house I have already described, but somewhat incomplete. Did I mention
that we have running water and electricity? Well, the radio and television, of which I written, but failed to conduct electricity is hard. I would have said only once.
It's nice that the water for showering does not need to get from a well. Only now and we need to fill the two large 100-liter barrels in the kitchen and get to buckets of water from the water in front of the house. Until now we had only four days without water and even a brief power outages. The power supply in Ghana is covered almost entirely by the hydropower plants on the Volta lake. Since we currently have the rainy season, enough water is present. In the dry season, which lasts roughly from November to February, water and electricity outages occur more frequently. But it is not so, that in the rainy season rains every day - sometimes twice a week. This is almost always a dense cloud cover in the sky. The temperature is constant between 23-28 ° C. In the dry season it is wiedrum blue sky from morning to night and have really hot. So much about ...
A few other little things that affect you but in daily life in the family, I have not mentioned. An unusual event is that it is in the house are not hanging mirror. To shave, take a small hand mirror and goes to the house. Most Ghanaians have a very modest growth of beard, so they probably do not use shaving cream. I use at least a little soap and go for shaving in the bathroom or in the shower. There, I hang the mirror on a nail in the door, which at first was not so easy. The first problem was that the nail is too thick the mirror for the eye. So I used a defective headphone cable to make a loop. The second problem was that the nail was bent and eventually fell out. Since puts a new nail in the door, manages the shave.
Another striking feature in the budget relates to this time not the bathroom but the toilet. You throw the toilet paper that is not in the bathroom but in a small bucket next to it - and make it clear to make small and large businesses. The reason for this is the sewage system, which is not blocked by toilet paper probably can withstand. The paper in the bin is emptied from time to time and thrown into a trough behind the house. There it is burned with the rest of the household garbage. There are generally no garbage collection, and even in the city is found only very rarely a dustbin.
Certain things have changed compared to the beginning, too. At the beginning I found the noise extremely disturbing, now I have a little used to it. This may be because I broke the malaria prophylaxis and I therefore tend to be slightly fitter feel. Even the strict Fishy smell in the kitchen I guess was not so much. Other new additions, however, is a pungent musty smell of our room. It is difficult to describe him. It is certainly unpleasant. Since it was not so hot in recent days, we had the most fan of. Therefore, the air is in the room and I think that the smell comes from the clothes in garment bags. Perhaps also on the pillow of my host brother, which he used without the cover and even slightly moldy look.
have in one of my previous blog entries I wrote, that everyday life in the family will probably be different when school starts. There have, however, changed a few things. In the morning the family goes almost simultaneously out of the house (to Shortly after seven). My host sisters and my host father come between 15 und 16 clock back, the mother usually a few hours later. While they are away from home, the TV is of course - the radio, however, as the grandparents are still there. For this reason, it has never really completely at home in peace. Not even at night. My host brothers and sisters are often used in order to learn. And that same night by 3 or 4 clock. I like this but usually gets little or nothing with, because the TV (which will run alongside) to be set on silent or very quiet. From what one is more aroused when the host mother sometimes leaves the house at night to go to Accra. This wakes her namely My host brother, who opens for them the three castles on the screen in front of the door and has to close behind her. This is but thankfully only once a week.
The number of housemates in the house has now also increases. In a free room I had before noticed it did not really, two teachers have moved. They work in the nearby Swedru Secondary School, which is why it is beneficial for them, here to rent a room. They are about about 30 years old and it's always nice to to talk to them. Unfortunately, they are very busy and they rarely get to see.
How I learned the other day I will be in October, a further move into the White family. This was apparently planned for a long time but I have noticed only by chance. What they do not even exactly when in October he will join us and what country he comes from. They only know that he comes from a English-speaking - probably England or Australia. My host brother will soon be living in the school dormitory. Thus, the other white will draw instead of my host brother to my room. If we have the room for us, hopefully we can redecorate a bit and reduce the clutter something ...
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