Rearin' to Go!!

T minus one day. Today I got some funds for travel, went to the dollar store for gifts/bribes/fun stuff, and bought a bunch of pens from Office Max (apparently the children like to get money, candy or pens). I don't exactly know what they'll do with them. And I'm not really huge on bribing officials; I hope I do it right :)

I spent part of the day spraying my clothing and mosquito bed netting with Permethrin which is kind of like DEET except it's incredibly toxic and you can only apply it to clothing, not skin. So I'll probably have kinds with two heads someday, but better that than dying from malaria.

Welcome

Well, this is my travel log for my trip to Ghana. I'm a medical student who's heading to Accra to work at the hospital, Korle-Bu, for a month. Right now I'm packing and making last minute preparations. Malaria pills, check; passport and visa, check; stethoscope, check. Actually, I'm not really packing yet. I don't leave for two days and if I start packing too far ahead of time then I have to leave some stuff (e.g. daily toiletries) out and then when I go to pack the rest later on I forget what I've packed already. I prefer to do all my packing at once. But I have spent the last few weeks collecting what I'll need.