I'm not sure if I still have any followers left, but I will still finish off the trip in pictures. I have been kept very busy back at home, and so my apology in the delay of updating. It's hard to be back, and especially hard to be back without Philip!! As I'm sure you all could imagine. (or try to :) )
My flight was to leave Ghana around 11pm. We knew that it takes time to get anywhere, so we left early. We left the house around 6:30pm, which should give us time to get checked in and then maybe grab something to eat there at the airport and spend the last few hours together. Well, the usual 45mins to 1 hour taxi ride to the airport only took 15 mins, so was great, we were thinking that we would have lots of extra time to talk and be together. Well, much to our surprise, when we arrived at the airport, there was a line up of the entire number of people that are flying on my plane, waiting in line.... We ended up spending nearly 3 hours standing in line to get checked in. Anyways, we made the best of it, enjoyed people watching and talked a bit more.
This is our sad ride to the airport :(
The crazy lineup was zig-zaged back and forth through the airport...
Philip entertaining me with the luggage cart :) We had to do something in this line that was moving an inch an hour it seemed. haha.
We did even find some smiles to pass our time :)
It was a sad ride to New York.... I ended up having quite a trip across USA with my connections. I arrived into New York, then went to Chicago, then Minneapolis, and then finally to Spokane where I finished.. Anyways, all my flights were pretty good, and wasn't long and I was back with Mom who came down to Spokane to pick me up :)
This is a toilet in New York...I had to take a picture because I have travelled a lot, but have never seen such a system..very smart indeed!! This toilet has a seat cover, and when you wave your hand in front of the sensor, it pulls the cover in one side and a new cover comes out the other side. How creative and so sanitary ;)
I made it home safe and sound, and started work a day after I got home. I had a rest day and then back into the swing of things.. :)
Well, as you have seen from some of the pictures on the previous post, I did get my hair braided before I left Ghana. I kept it in just over a week, and then decided to take it out.... It took mom and I 2 hours 15 mins to take all the braids out.
This is my hair after the braids came out!! Who said a white girl couldn't have an afro ;)
This was all the pieces from the added hair they put in to make the braids look so nice :)
Almost looks like I'm holding a poodle! :)
Time has passed, and I'm already thinking of when Philip is coming here to visit or when my next trip to Ghana will be. Thanks to you all for watching and commenting, and hope to hear from you all again on my next excursion. I will keep you posted ;)
Talk to you soon,
the true Ghanadian,
the true Ghanadian,
Leah :)
