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We wanted to stay our last night at Big Milly's but the place is so popular they had no room for us. We called around and it's amazing that most any hotel in Accra is at least $100 (unless you really take a risk of what you are getting, which is way too scary in this city). We decided to go back to the Pentagon where our lady friends were there and we could have a last goodbye at Southern Fried Chicken. Savannah wasn't feeling well, but had wanted a purse and we still had gifts to buy so while she stayed in bed, we ventured out. We went to Osu, which is about 7 minutes away, and took one of the our lady friends (Hagar) to help us pick out quality and bargain. I don't mind bargaining so much, but it's difficult to know what a good price is to even start. We loved having her with us and since she is from Osu, she walked us to her house to meet her family and have a coke!
During our stay we met three great people. Jack is from Dallas and he is a little person. He is adopting two boys (one Ghanaian little person) and has been in country since court, which was three months ago! His Visa interview is in a week and a half and he is so ready to go home. It was very interesting talking with him--seems like a reality show should be following them!
The other two guys walked in and asked us if we thought the hotel was good. They were stranded until Wednesday as they were in a village up north and a commuter plane that was supposed to bring them to Accra just never showed up. Therefore, they missed their flight to the US and none are open for a few days. They work with a Christian organization that teaches business, etc., to countries (Global Advance Marketplace). Not knowing where to eat or having any cedis (local money) left since they thought they would be gone, we befriended them. Fascinating to hear about what they do for God's Kingdom and people that so need educated on how to really make it.
On Sunday we had our "good-bye" meal from Hagar. She made rice and some spicy sauce with meat to put on it. Mmmm. Later she went with us to help Savannah pick out a purse. She was feeling better and wanted to go shopping. Daddy didn't so he stayed behind and let Amaya take a nap. One of the guys, Kevin, tagged along and we had great fun listening to him talk to the people on the street. Glenn is so quiet, he is not. The Ghana people do all the typical "hey my friend, I remember you" stuff---anything they think will get them a sale-- and he was like, "dude, you've never seen me before because I've never been here before", and would just outright tell them their marketing tactics were not so good! ha! We were quit entertained.
Later our two friends tagged along to see what Southern Fried Chicken was all about and we had our last meal there.
By now I think Amaya was really doubting she was leaving today. We had been telling her for a couple days that on Sunday we were flying to America. All day we had been telling her we were flying today and now it was like 6:30, dark and so who knows what she was really thinking. Our flight was to leave at 10:05 so we were going to head to the airport soon.