I Am Having an Allergy Attack

2:08AM 3 July

Oh my god, I can't stop sneezing and my throat is itchy as all hell. I have just gotten back from a great evening. Last night we met 2 other American students that are staying in our same part of campus (both of their names are Jessie). They are biology majors doing field research in the Cape Coast. We hung out with them last night. Tonight we went to see what they were up to and in their room was a young Ghanian man named Johnny. As it turns out, Hanna, who is a girl in our group who travelled to Cape Coast 2 years ago, had stayed with a host family during her stay, and Johnny is the son of the family she stayed with. Myself, and 3 others from my group went with Johnny and the other 2 Americans to a bar in Cape Coast. Until now, we have not been to downtown Cape Coast. We've only been on the University grounds. So, we go with Jessie and Jessie and Johnny downtown. Which is about a 10-15 minute drive. Johnny drove a pickup truck. Old school. Reminded me of the back of a tracktor that you would ride on for a hay ride. So me and 3 others stood in the bed of the pickup truck on the way into town. It was great just chilling in the back of a truck observing the area. Not the safest, but it's all good. At the bar there was a good amount of people and music. It was under a tin roof with some wood planks for sides. The music was bumping. Playing some American R&B as well as African dance music. People we dancing, drinking and having a great time. Outside of the bar a woman was cooking by smoke grill avacado and plantanes.

When we left, Johnny had someone drive us back to campus. We were going to take a taxi but Johnny wanted his friend to drive us...understandable. We paid him 3 Cedis for the ride which is about $2.50. It's crazy how cheap things are here. I've gotten an egg omlet with toast and tea for 2.50 Cedi. A Star beer which comes in a very large bottle costs 1.80 Cedi. It's crazy.


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