December 2005 Photos

Here are some pictures from the last month or so. I've provided explanations at the bottom of the page, so be sure to scroll all the way down. And for future reference, I've posted my previous email updates on my online journal ... check it out if you've missed them for some reason (or if you want to share with others). Happy New Year!!

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1-3: Market women

4: My first Ghanaian cooking session. My language group made riceballs and groundnut soup (one of my favorite meals). I was in charge of the riceballs.

5-9: These are just a few of my friends in Binaba. The first couple pics are of some friends adding a room in his house. I actually went to the house to visit one morning and attempted to put up a brick on my own.

10-11: Making pito, a very popular drink in the north. It comes fermented (alcohol) and unfermented (non-alcohol) and is served slightly chilled. It tastes like hard cider.

12: Onion garden

13: Random house in Zebilla. Nice view, huh?

14. Vic (my counterpart) and her 3 year old son, Joe, who already knows he wants to marry me.

15: I woke up one morning and went outside to find this cow sleeping in my garden. He looked up at me and pranced off

16-22: Christmas!! I had some friends (including the volunteer living closest to me) over to my house that day. We killed a guinea fowl and made groundnut soup with riceballs. It was very tasty and I enjoyed having guests to the house.

23-29: Annual festival in Bawku. Lots of different types of dancing and cultural group performances. I enjoyed seeing all the traditional clothes more than anything.