Random Things I haven't said Yet

So I feel like there has been a lot that I have been meaning to say but just haven't gotten around to it. So this e-mail is going to be mostly random facts.
1. Ghana is so polluted that the sky stays hazy almost everyday, I haven't seen blue skies yet since I have been here. This also leads to no sunsets, which is sad considering the sunsets I saw in Zambia.
2. I found out today that the little girl Efia I have been playing with is old enough to go to school but can't because her legs are too weak. This is actually the case for a lot of the kids I am working with in the morning
3. My once white and elegant mosquito net has turned brown from the dust. Sad.
4. Yesterday morning I went to go and sit on my bed and it collapsed. Right now it is being propped up with a chair until they can fix it.
5. My malaria medication has been giving me hallucinations at night. At first I thought I had a different medicine but in fact they just changed the name. Last night I started screaming and woke up my roommate because I thought there was a snake in my bed. woops
6. There are no major left turns in Ghana, it is kind of like Michigan. If you want to go the opposite way you take a U-turn.
7. Anytime I am hungry and not at the house I can eat at a chop bar. A chop bar is a stand on the side of the road where they make traditional Ghanaian food. It can make you sick but I have been careful and make sure to ask volunteers which Chop Bars serve safe food based from their experience. The other night I had amazing Jollof Rice with a really spicy sauce and now I am addicted.
8. When I am walking to work I often see a woman carrying pineapple on her head. For 30 cents she will take a machete, chop off the outside skin. By that point it looks like a drumstick (chicken drumstick) of pineapple, then she will cut it into small enough pieces to eat. She provides a skewer to stab the pineapple with out of the plastic bag she has put it in. AMAZING!
9. No matter where you are in Accra there are stands on the side of the road. They are trying to get you to buy anything. They are lined up and just stand there and beg you to come and look at what they have to offer. I am putting off shopping for as long as possible because I know that once I start, I won't ever stop.
10. I am not sure if I have described a tro tro so that you get the full affect of it. A tro tro is a conversion van with the door about to fall off on every one. The van is no more than the mere shell of the car. It is simply the metal body of the car with seats "Screwed" inside, although most of the time the seats aren't attached to the floor so when you stop or turn your seat moves with you. There is "mate" in charge of the tro tro, which is the person who hangs out the door yelling the location of where the tro is headed. He also collects money. Most tro tro's don't have headlights so it is not very safe to ride in them at night. Tro's also break down multiple times a day and will not give you your money back if it breaks.
11. Fan ice is ice cream in a plastic sachet. You tear off the corner of the satchel and suck the ice cream too. It is not as creamy as ice cream but it is cold and that is all that really matters.
12. Plantain chips are dried plantains. They are the closest thing to potato chips you can get here. Some taste like potato chips but then occasionally you will get the very banana tasting chip.
13. Every night before I go to sleep I use baby wipes to wipe myself down since I have no shower and my sheets will not be changed. I think I have gotten sun before I use the wipes but then come to realize all that "color" from the sun was really just dust.
14. Finally, I would like to tell you guys how much Ghanaians look out for us Obrunis. While I know that not all people are nice, here in Accra, people have more good intentions than bad intentions. Riding on the tro for my first time the mate tried to cheat me out of my money but the man behind me made sure that he gave me the proper change by yelling at him. Also, when president Bush was in town a lot of the roads were closed and so people that had to take tro-tro's to the beach bonfire had problems getting there. They ended up having to get off the tro's in places they did not know, yet a Ghanian on all the tro's would put them on another tro and tell the driver to make sure that they got to the right destination. It actually came down to someone walking a volunteer to the beach to help them out. Ghanaians are looking out for us and it is a good feeling. I know that they should not always be trusted but I feel I have pretty good judgment. Sorry this is so long, Hope you got more of a feel.