Rainy season

And so the rain begins... The rainy season in Ghana goes on roughly from June until September (varies a bit depending on who you ask though...), with at least some precipitation each day, to my experience so far. The last few days we have had all from heavy pouring thunderstorms to slowly trickling summer rain. Like magic the street vendors disappear with their goods in a matter of seconds, and a new, previously unseen breed materializes out of air: The Umbrella Salespeople! Within seconds from that the rain starts, someone is there offering you to buy an umbrella!

However, the need for protection is questionable. The rain even feels quite cooling and refreshing on occasion, when the distance you decide to walk is short. And at most you need as many umbrellas as half the amount of people you are in your group. Me and Mrs share one semi big umbrella, which is cozy.

The rains have kept us more indoors than before, and we have borrowed DVD's from the British Council (we're in the middle of watching all 13 episodes of the second season of the BBC TV-series based on Agatha Christies "Poirot") to entertain us when the downpour simply is overwhelming. This also means that we have done and seen less of interest, and the Blog has been suffering a little... I'll try to write more.

Finally I'd like to recommend two books.
The first one is called "No more worries" and is a book put together by the women's Association of North America (I think) containing lots and lots of information about Accra, especially useful if you are planning on staying for a while. It's terribly outdated in some aspects, restaurants have closed, money value has changed etc., but all in all it is a good addition to the books helping foreigners in the region.
The second one is called "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" and is written by Mark Haddon (click on the name to look it up on Amazon...). I read it straight through in one day and a half. I especially recommend it to my mum...

Ta ta!