Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:40:13 -0700 (PDT)
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It's not what you think! There are no piles of dog, goat chicken poop to be wary of. But when in Ghana, you must be mindful of how you walk and how you step (up and down). It seems our American brains have been conditioned to lift our feet about six inches to get onto a sidewalk and approximately the same when climbing stairs.
In the five or so days we've been here, our depth perception and sense of balance has been challenged! We have all tripped and stumbled (me moreso than the others).
One member of the group even took a tumble at the W.E.B.DuBois Foundation and Museum. I won't call any names, but when Didi fell, no one in the group saw the accident. It was when they observed Frank, one of our tour drivers dashing to her rescue, that they realized what had happened. Frank has been called an angel ever since! Didi survived with a sore ankle and scraped knee.
There are hazards everywhere for the uninitiated brain! Every room, every entrance, every section is at a different height!! Step up into the lobby, step down into the kitchen, step up into the bathroom! Even the stair are at heights foreign to my brain, so in this place I definitely have to be careful when trying to walk and talk at the same time:-)
I can't forget to mention the hazard about which we were forewarned during our orientation last Thursday. Gutters! Open gutters. So remember, step over the gutter onto the sidewalk. Today I only tripped twice! Getting into the rhythm! Ha!
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