Hello everyone,
I am using this blog to keep everyone who is interested informed on my year abroad in Ghana. Feel free to share this site with anyone who is interested.
A little background on this trip
I decided to go last November, mostly since I had the itch to travel. Through UC Santa Barbara's Education Abroad Program, I saw an opportunity to travel while staying in school. I considered going to Australia, but in the end decided that it wasn't different enough from the U.S. I choose Ghana for several reasons:
A. I wanted to witness firsthand how people live in less developed countries.
B. I wanted to experience being a racial minority.
C. Everyone I talked to and everything I read told me that Ghana has the world's friendliest people.
D. Africa seems like the most interesting continent because of the economic, political, social and environmental struggles going on there.
E. I wanted to go outside my comfort zone.
I am preparing to leave on 7/25, when I will fly from San Fransisco to Amsterdam to Accra, Ghana. I will be attending the University of Ghana at Legon, which is near Accra, Ghana's capital.
I will try to post every week or two, and hopefully photos also. Feel free to post comments.
6 comments:
The Adventures of PANTS! On this year's episode, PANTS! goes to Africa...
dear pants this is steven. come back alive. learn the ghanan word for lion for your own safety. bring me back lion teeth.
Cartah.... in Ghana??? Bring them culture! And fire! That'd definitely help out a lil.
Seriously dude that's hella tight. And I thought what I was doing was cool...
Hey Buddy!
Will you post links to any websites for music you come across in Ghana? I'm really interested to learn about the way music fits into the popular and not-so-popular culture in the country. Have a thrilling journey my man.
-Matt
Carter. I think you have left already for your adventure which is awesome. I am here in Australia having a good time even though school has already started. I can't wait to read more about your exploits so post often! See you in SB sometime later on.
Good luck!
forrest,
godspeed!
hope all goes well getting there, i will be monitoring blog from grandma's.
maxey
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