Manzanillo Mexico. waiting for my ship to come in......

My cousin Craig will understand how much I am suffering here in Manzanillo waiting for the CMA CGM HYDRA to get here from Shanghai. I am staying at another hostel. You know what those are like right? Well, what can you expect when you are paying 460 pesos a night?
I have my own room (clean and pretty) with bathroom, a pretty courtyard with luscious tropical plants, including a gigantic coconut tree, a swimming pool which so far I have had to myself, access to a full kitchen where I can prepare meals with avocado which you can buy here for a song (ok about 5 pesos, whether you sing or not), and am situated a few steps from the Pacific Ocean. How I suffer.....

https://hostaltzalahua.negocio.site/

Sue, has a little restaurant next door serving authentic breakfast (tacos) from the recipes of her mother and grandmother. She has been my interpreter and I had the most delicious breakfast! Sue said, "Where you are from, you have coffee and bread. In Mexico we have a good breakfast of real food. No coffee, you will have cucumber water." The cucumber water is made from blended cucumber, chia, lemon and sugar. Holy cow it was delicious! Who needs coffee? Sue told me it's very common to drink fruit water here. I can see why. It's very hot here and she told me that it's like this all year round. A refreshing cucumber drink makes sense.

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Kibi (Week Two)

Our second week was spent at the Kibi Presbyterian College of Education in Kibi--pronounced chibi, and sometimes spelled Kyebi. It was a gorgeous campus in a valley, surrounded by mountains. There was a garden, used by students, and many fruit trees (mango, papaya, banana, coconut), available to students to help themselves to! We had cocoyam for our supper one night. The leaves grow plentifully and Ghanaiansr refer to it as "spinach." cocoyam leaves growing all over the campus The campus had lush plant life, especially hibiscus--they also serve hibiscus drinks which are delicious. Did you know that Ghana (at least in the south of the country where we were) has red soil just like PEI? The pictures of red soil that I took don't look quite red. In real life the soil is a much brighter red. The second week was a replica of the first. Two cohorts from the Volta and Eastern regions. Opening ceremonies, 2 days of 4, 2 hour classes, a closing ceremony and Canada/Ghana night. For...

Kumasi -- Week 1

Sorry for the delay! The wifi in Kibi was limited to non-existent and I am using a Chromebook, needing wifi to type! I am writing about our first week, here at the end of our second week. On Sunday the 7th we headed to the Asanti Region for our first week at the GNAT (Ghana National Association of Teachers) headquarters and site of the new Institute. The Institute will offer graduate courses, teacher training courses and conduct research that will inform government policy. The Institute is brand new so we were here for a very exciting part of GNAT's history. Our days have been long. Two hour sessions four times a day means eight hours of teaching--see how I did the math there? I must be a teacher. The cycle begins with an opening ceremony. Dignitaries are introduced and speeches are made (they are quite long,I fell asleep once), with twenty items on the agenda. The Teacher's Song, the two national anthems and the solidarity song is sung at each opening and closing ceremony with...

Ghana

Next stop in the adventuresoflynne is Ghana! I am on"Project Overseas," an initiative of the Canadian Teacher's Federation. I applied to ETFO (Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario) who interviewed me and selected some of us to participate this year. Project Overseas sends Canadian Teachers from across the provinces and territories to 15 countries (in 2024). There were 5 Carribean countries that were on hold, waiting to see if the program would continue after Hurricane Beryl. In the end three of the five went. There are a number of teachers in African countries. https://www.ctf-fce.ca/what-we-do/international-development-cooperation/project-overseas/ We arrived in Ghana, a bit weary and excited. This shows all 8 of us--Ghana Team 1 and Ghana Team 2. Team 1: Gwenan from Yellowknife, Clarerose from Ontario and our leader Lana from PEI. Team 2 has Rachel from Manitoba (leader), Octavia from Nunavut, Meagan from Ontario and Tara from Alberta. We were welcomed by ...

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