Wednesday, December 17, 2008. The beginning of the end. Yesterday, I had a realization about Accra. The parts of the city that you see on the surface are loud and chaotic and aggressive and congested and exhausting. But if you plunge in deeper, layer by layer the mask breaks down until at the end you just find real people, just real people living their lives and eating sleeping loving living making music and playing and working and watching TV.

Sunday, December 12, 2010. 11 PM I fly out tomorrow. Instead of going to bed, I am up. Sitting on the floor of my empty room, staring at suitcases, literally grinding my teeth and deciding whether I feel more like crying or vomiting. Ya, I think tears win. 6 months learning a culture, a language, street names, restaurants, metro stops. Wow Terrified to leave, actually. Will I feel like a stranger? Mexico wa.

This past weekend, I went east to Ada Foah. A forty-minute canoe ride from the town, the Volta River meets the ocean in an incredibly beautiful setting. We stayed at Maranatha Beach Camp, which has a less elaborate setup than Hideout and an even more remote feel. We also found some mud. Come to my shop! I have niiiice, nice things! One of the best parts of traveling is meeting people, whether Ghanaian or.

Economics and Philosophy at Peking Univ. Sentiments contain nostalgia, an unexpected discovery of another place to call home. A re-embracing of a culture I had long neglected, suppressed. Of sentiments that have changed me . Of sentiments that sustain me still. The class was also very rewarding and g.

I realized that the basic issues I have with both. Wednesday, October 7, 2009.