chapter 28: can't wait to miss ghana

it's weird to be nostalgic for something you've not yet left, but that's the situation i find myself in. here then, a list of the good and the bad.

yay!
-cheap and delicious fried yams, roast plantain, pineapples and mangoes
boooooo!
-every kind of food pounded into unappetizing glutinous goo.

yay!
-friendly strangers who smile and welcome you at every turn.
boooooo!
-aforementioned strangers who become pests by calling you constantly.

yay!
-exotic animals, nice beaches, all very cheap.
boooooo!
-the difficulty of traveling to these locations, and mosquitoes.

yay!
-the heat.
boooooo!
the heat.

yay!
-hot beats and dancing for fun, as opposed to dancing to look cool.
boooooo!
-chicago, celine dion and other mindless pap constantly heard on radio stations.

yay!
-freedom and laissez fair attitude about just about everything.
boooooo!
-litterbugs, traffic, choking pollution, noise pollution.

yay!
-the soothing nightly symphony of crickets and frogs.
boooooo!
-idiot roosters who can't tell time.

yay!
-the acceptance of foreigners.
boooooo!
-routine discrimination against just about every visible or invisible minority.

yay!
the surprising prevalence of cell phones.
boooooo!
the absolutely painful crawl of the internet.