Making the most of it.
Trip Start
Apr 10, 2011
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Trip End
Jun 09, 2011
Ho, Volta, Ghana
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Instead of jabbering on about what I've done or what I've drank I'm just gonna talk about how Ghanas.. not changed me, but yeah, its changed me! I see the world TOTALLYYY different now! Material things mean nothing, its all about friends & family.. Being away from home for 2 months has definitely made me realise how much I love you crazy mo fo's back there! Especially my mum, she was special before, but after working in an orphanage for 6 weeks.. it's made me realise how lucky I am to have a mum, and especially one like mine! So yeah, thats one for you mum, love you! :)
And when you spend like 5 hours on a tro, listening to your ipod, you think about ALOT of things, prioritising things that you're gonna do when you get back. Top of my list is family! Spend time with mum, my sister (who I rang the other night, she made me cry like a baby!) and my gorgeous niece & nephews, who I'm just gonna play with all the time because, 6 weeks around kids.. I'm gonna feel a little lost if I haven't got some little kid to terrorise & tickle to death! and my brother Scott, who I miss alot! which surprised me (sorry scott :p) but yeah, I can't wait to get back and have you driving me to macdonalds & matlock in the middle of the night! And then my friends.. Sarah, Vijay, Oliver & Charlie! And alot of other friends have been messaging me while I'm out here, saying how they wanna meet up when I get back, so yeah, Ghana's helped people get back in touch with me, which is nice! :)
And I've decided I need to travel more! Hopefully next year my trip to Australia & America goes to plan with Oliver, and I need to see Europe and I want to see England too god damnit! Just go away one weekend, find a youth hostel, crash there & explore some little village somewhere.. I just feel all adventrous since being out here! And I feel like a little kid again.. I've been craving disney films for some reason? And I'm like totally excited about christmas! It might be because I'm kids all the time? But yeah, its like.. when you're little and your in your garden, pretending your in a jungle in Africa or somewhere and your going on some wild adventure.. It only took me til today to realise that I'm actually doing that! Anyone whos reading this might be thinking, okaaaaay? she's gone nuts! but seriously like.. I just feel like a kid again, but I'm not pretending in my garden anymore, I'm actually here! and even now, 5/6 weeks in, I still have 'shit! i'm in africa?!' moments, its really bizarre..
So yeah, I'm in love with Ghana! Its so liberating! You can do pretty much whatever you want (as long as you stick to the culture rules) and everybodys just happy that you're happy! Its going to be weird back in England, walking down the street or going to shop and not have atleast 10 people say "good morning, how are you?" to you everyday! For the first few days it might feel like a sigh of relief cos somedays you're just like, arrr i hope nobody talks to me today! but I'm really gonna miss it!
Only got 8 minutes left.. what else can I ramble on about? Arrr I can't think! Gonna go check my emails instead! Hope I haven't bored anyone too much with this :/ x
Comments
It sounds like you are having a wonderful time, it made me smile reading about all the trips you are wanting to do. If you are ever short of kids to look after i have two lol.