{"id":395,"date":"2012-06-27T05:47:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T05:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troutsfarm.com\/latest\/?p=395"},"modified":"2013-07-06T07:26:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T07:26:33","slug":"2012-june-accra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/2012-june-accra\/","title":{"rendered":"A Couple of Days in Accra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Accra &#8211; A couple of days at Ashley&#8217;s home to get acclimated<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">FROM AIRLINE FOOD TO REAL FOOD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625FruitandAirlineSnacks1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-462\" title=\"20120625FruitandAirlineSnacks\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625FruitandAirlineSnacks1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625FruitandAirlineSnacks1.jpg 376w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625FruitandAirlineSnacks1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625FruitandAirlineSnacks1-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AirlineSnacks2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-461\" title=\"20120625AirlineSnacks\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AirlineSnacks2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AirlineSnacks2.jpg 376w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AirlineSnacks2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AirlineSnacks2-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">We took advantage of Tim&#8217;s offer to use Waste Enterpriser&#8217;s driver and went to market where we scored bananas, oranges and mangos. A far cry more nourishing than the\u00a0interesting\u00a0jet crackers we carried off Ethiopian Airlines. Although it&#8217;s only fair to say that they fed us well during the thirteen hour flight &#8211; three meals and then breakfast again on the next flight from Addis Ababa to Accra.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">TO DELICIOUS FOOD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626Restaurant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-472\" title=\"20120626Restaurant\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626Restaurant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626Restaurant.jpg 376w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626Restaurant-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626Restaurant-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626RedRedPlantainJollofRice1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-467\" title=\"20120626RedRedPlantainJollofRice\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626RedRedPlantainJollofRice1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626RedRedPlantainJollofRice1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626RedRedPlantainJollofRice1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626RedRedPlantainJollofRice1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626RedRedPlantainJollofRice1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Tim took us out to eat at a nearby restaurant where we ordered vegetable fried rice, red red and fried plantain. Delicious! The dish soap is for anyone eating fufu as it is eaten with one&#8217;s fingers which need cleaning up afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">NEXT DOOR SCHOOL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626School1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20120626School\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626School1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626SchoolWall1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20120626SchoolWall\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626SchoolWall1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Our short stay in Accra was punctuated by the sounds of laughter because the home Ashley rents is adjacent to a school. The schoolmaster on the wall is asking the students &#8220;Who can tell me the meaning of egocentric?&#8221; a question which gave us pause. Across the street is a soccer field so after the school kids go home, the evening air fills with the sound of adult play.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">ASHLEY&#8217;S HOUSE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626BobAtAshleys1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20120626BobAtAshleys\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626BobAtAshleys1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626CookieMango1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20120626CookieMango\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626CookieMango1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">We took Ashley up on her offer to stay at her home while we were in Accra. \u00a0Bob steps out the front door and Camille holds a giant mango in the courtyard with the soccer field in the background.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>SIGNS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625Accra1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-459\" title=\"20120625Accra\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625Accra1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625Accra1.jpg 375w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625Accra1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625Accra1-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AccraBillboardCattle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-460\" title=\"20120625AccraBillboardCattle\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AccraBillboardCattle1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AccraBillboardCattle1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AccraBillboardCattle1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AccraBillboardCattle1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120625AccraBillboardCattle1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">No hand carts, meaning that vendors must haul their goods without the use of wheels. And Glo, one of the local cell phone service providers. We took this picture to show the cattle on the right, a not uncommon sight around Accra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626ChopBar1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-464\" title=\"20120626ChopBar\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626ChopBar1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626ChopBar1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626ChopBar1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626ChopBar1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626ChopBar1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WomensWorkPoster1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-458\" title=\"20120626WomensWorkPoster\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WomensWorkPoster1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WomensWorkPoster1.jpg 375w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WomensWorkPoster1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WomensWorkPoster1-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Ghanaians are a very religious and it shows in the names to be found on Chop Houses, taxis and street signs. They are also hard working, or at least the women are, according to this poster found in Ashley&#8217;s living room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><strong>WASTE ENTERPRISERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WasteEnterprisers1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-470\" title=\"20120626WasteEnterprisers\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WasteEnterprisers1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WasteEnterprisers1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WasteEnterprisers1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WasteEnterprisers1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WasteEnterprisers1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WEStreet1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-457\" title=\"20120626WEStreet\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WEStreet1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WEStreet1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WEStreet1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WEStreet1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626WEStreet1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">The unassuming office of Waste Enterprises on a typical street. It would seem that\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">neighborhoods are not segregated by wealth as it\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">is not unusual to see the well-to-do nestled up against the not-so-well-to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">A GREAT PLACE TO WORK<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626LauraCakeWE2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-471\" title=\"20120626LauraCakeWE\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626LauraCakeWE2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626LauraCakeWE2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626LauraCakeWE2-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626LauraCakeWE2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120626LauraCakeWE2-400x301.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #00cc66; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Laura dives into a delicious cake that Nana Kofi brought to his meeting while he, Bob and Tim work on important project details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: LARGE;\">____________________________________________________________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"LATEST PHOTOS\" href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/\">Latest<\/a>\u00a0* <a title=\"TROUTSFARM HOME\" href=\"http:\/\/www.troutsfsarmtoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Troutsfarm<\/a>\u00a0* <a title=\"TROUTSFARM HOME\" href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/june-2012-moncure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Last Days in Moncure<\/a>\u00a0* <a title=\"TROUTSFARM HOME\" href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/june-2012-ethiopia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flying to Ethiopia<\/a>\u00a0* <a title=\"TROUTSFARM HOME\" href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/june-2012-accra\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Couple of Days in Accra<\/a>\u00a0* <a title=\"TROUTSFARM HOME\" href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/june-2012-kumasi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Our First Week in Kumasi <\/a>\u00a0* <a title=\"TROUTSFARM HOME\" href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/june-2012-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Our New Home<\/a><\/h4>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc99ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: LARGE;\">____________________________________________________________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Accra &#8211; A couple of days at Ashley&#8217;s home to get acclimated <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">FROM AIRLINE FOOD TO REAL FOOD<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">We took advantage of Tim&#8217;s offer to use Waste Enterpriser&#8217;s driver and went to market where we scored bananas, oranges and mangos. 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