The rest of Kumasi was OK, relaxing. Saturday we went to Lake Bosumtwi
which actually was a bit of a let down. It's a meteor crater and it
was quite pretty but there wasn't much to do or see. And no beach,
we lay around on the cement "lawn" of a hotel. I did wade in but
despite the guidebook's declaration that there is no bilharzia I was
too afraid to swim. The guidebook was right about an old shabbily
dressed man who pretended to be the chief and asked for money.
We spent a few hours there and returned to Kumasi where we had ice
cream from a Western style grocery store. Missy did some craft
shopping and though I thought I was done I fell in love with one more
item. Tried to listen to the sox game and, surprise, failed. Couldn't
even get \gameday up. And Sunday we went out to a shrine that was
supposed to have a fetish priest but the priest had died and his
replacement had been found to be a fraud and "sacked" by the chief.
A bit of a bust, but we got back to Accra earlier than I'd dare hope
and I had some delicious street food for dinner, just tried a random
stall and got three different kinds of meet kabobs for 5000 cedis. I
have to find fried plantains before I leave, they were supposed to be
cooked for us weekly or biweekly and we got them once but I loooove
them.

So, my departure ceremony is tonight. I've done a bit of pre-packing,
planning how to maximize my carry on space as I am pretty sure over
the course of 5 airports, 2 airlines, 3 flights and 1 stopover in 27
hours my bag is going to be lost. I'll spend a little time this
afternoon thinking about what to say, and I've also got a project with
the librarian to help organize the place a little better. I'd also
like to finish my book - with it I'll have read 9 while here.

I have had times where I've longed to have my departure so
near and times when I've just enjoyed myself and the work and the
kids and the camp and all that. Now I am definately excited to go,
and Uganda will be very interesting both in and of itself and as a
comparison on many levels with here. The last week with exams has
been a good end as my departure coincides with the end of the school
year but also the work has kind of petered out and that isn't the
greatest feeling.

Time's about up. I'll try to get online Thurs. in Accra, and then
hopefully Uganda will be fairly well connected.