Abbana is Bakkuu (Vanessa is Good!)

So we wandered along the streets of cape coast and headed for the main town. There were little kids running off to school in their uniforms, people setting up there shops and washing their clothes, random animals everywhere! scrawny chickens, kittens, dogs, goats, lizards... The day begins so early here as it was already bustling and it was only really 7am or something ridiculous. It is only about 11 now or something and feels about 4. Anyway there are taxis everywhere on the streets constantly tooting which koffi said is basically like a form of advertising, so we dont forget they are there for us to use. (like its hard) I havent seen a white person yet apart from when we went and had a drink at this hotel by the beach. Koffi said a lot of westerners come here and just stay in the big, nice hotles, drive briefly through the town with their windows down then reside swiftly back to their hotels and cocktails..thats shit as. I get a bit of attention but nothing overwhelming. Little school kids yell out Ubbinee or something sometimes when they see me which means white person. Koffie told me how to say black person so I can yell it back to them but I cant remember! Ubbididi? so many things to take in I can barely get my own name right! There were shitloads of white people on the plane here so obviously they are all somewhere, but yeah i didnt see one today. I met a guy on the plane who has been working in the mining industry in ghana for the past two years and says he works with heaps of australians and there are a lot here. Ghana was originally called the gold coast and he told me they still excavate (word) very large amounts of gold and have for the past 40 years. we walked through the main street. I saw tomatoes being dried in the sun which I thought was awesome, women and men with heaps of stuff on their heads. ah so much. So many sites and I didnt have my camera so I think I will go into town and get some food soon and take some pictures. Im not sure whether I will get more attention now that I am not with koffi though..time will tell. We went down to the beach which was lovely palm trees etc and there were fishermen pulling in nets from the ocean and singing while they worked. Will take a closer look tomorow. I had to pay koffi for the tro-tros and taxis and stuff which ended up being like 30 cedi (which is basically 35 australia) which is shitloads over here, considering I just paid like 60 cents for one hour internet and you buy one pineapple for like 60 cents. Bit of a rip But i figure asanti are a business too and they have been really good so thats okay. I think i will only stay here for a week or something because I wont be able to afford so many lessons but we will see. Aunty (i really need to get her name again) wants to take me to church on sunday haha. there is A LOT of jesus loving going on here. massively christian and muslim community (man singing this morning was doing his prayers) in the main towns while more traditional beliefs I think are further up the country. although ghana is still a very young country so traditions are far from ancient. Many taxis with CLAP FOR JESUS and I LOVE THE LORD on them, little churches everywhere and jsut lots of jesus paraphenelia in general.. from marijuana postcards in amsterdam to religious bumper stickers..love it. koffi doesnt even go to church now because he has dreadlocks and everyone looks down on him. everyone needs to believe in something i guess. anyway ive crapped on wayy too much and I know not all of you will even be fucked reading all this. I need some food or something. I wish I could make this more descriptive and really paint the picture but its hot and I suck at descriptive writing. Im at an internet cafe right near where im staying by the way. Going to the asanti rehearsal place later and they are going to give me a performance which should be good...medassi for reading ..bye!