Last Day

Sunday August 3^rd. 

We slept in again today and had a relaxing morning. We were supposed to stay an extra day this year to have a debriefing meeting but that got cancelled for an unknown reason. We really should have flown home last night but here we are for another day with not much to do. Accra is not a very touristy area and there isn't much to see. Barb, Angela, Owen and I decided to head back to the cultural market with Eric when he drove Cameron to the airport. Cameron is heading out first and flying to Liberia to meet a friend for three weeks. There is an ebola scare there which has him worried and Canada has issued a warning about flying there, but his return flight to Canada is from there, so that's where he is going.

We wandered around the market buying a few last things. It was only about 11:00 and a lot of the shops were closed so it was a little less intense today. Plus I think we were more experienced with it and knew how to deal with the pressure. The best way to find something is to tell someone what you want and even if they don't have it they know who does and they will go off and get it for you. There must be some kind of communal pot when this happens so that one gets a cut for selling something for someone else. That is how I bought a kenti cloth shirt and some more earrings. The shirt is similar to one I saw on Oxford Street that didn't fit me. We wandered out through the back of the market building into the rambling shacks behind where there are more African things to buy. Past that we found a village attached where some of the shop keepers live. Owen found a church and we went in to have a peak. The people were very friendly and asked questions about us. The pastor gave us a long blessing.

We returned to the hotel in time for a last meal before we all headed off. Angela was the first to go and bid us farewell as she went to meet her husband and to continue their African adventure. Owen, Lyle, Cindy, Barb, Leah, and I were taken to the airport by Eric. We took an overnight flight to Frankfurt. Here Lyle left for Tel Aviv for some R and R (rifles and rockets), Leah caught a connecting flight to Norway, Barb caught a flight to Vancouver, Owen to Montreal and Cindy and I to Toronto.