I could have been arrested for taking this photo. In fact, there are a lot of things you can get arrested for photographing in Ghana: a castle, a light house, a memorial, etc. It’s really just a way to scare tourists and try to get more money from them in the form of a bribe.
Here’s all the Ghanian currency except for the 20 and 50 Cedi bills. It wasn’t worth it or possible to get clean crisp bills. In the two and a half weeks I was there I only saw the 1 Peswa coin the day before I left when I went into the bank next door to the Bank of Ghana. The Bank of Ghana wanted to sell me 25 Cedis worth in a box and wouldn’t give out any smaller amounts. I ended up getting a pack of 50 next door. It turns out the coins are in circulation, but you can really only get them as change in shops, not on the streets. A classmate got some in change when she went to a grocery store in Accra.
She gave me one of her coins so I could have 50 Peswas again to buy some peanuts at the airport. The owner refused to take my coins—legal tender in her own country—saying that it would be an inconvenience to her to ever cash it in. I was laughing so hard.
KCCR, where we made dinner for everyone. It was a fun but stressful night for the cooks and organizers.
I loved our shower curtain at the beach hotel in Accra. It was cute and looked playful until you took a closer look.
I’ve never seen a worried and neurotic dolphin before.
