My Walk Home

I thought I would try to photo-document how I get to and from work on a typical day here in Accra.

I leave WiLDAF in the afternoon and head down to the street

Most of my walking has to happen on the road with the cars, but in some spots there are paths like this to walk on for pedestrians (they are also used frequently for urination, so one avoids the damp areas).

I walk along looking for one of these vehicles with at least one empty seat that I might be able to squeeze into.

I often have to stand in line, though lines here are difficult to comprehend. One will never actually get on a trotro if one actually stays in line. Its quite frustrating at times.

This here is a picture of by far the most spacious trotro I've ever been on. Quite luxurious actually. At some point I will try to put a picture up of the more typical ones I ride in.

Once I get to my stop, I have to cross 4 lanes of this ridiculously busy highway along with all the other adventurous pedestrians, to get to my street.

These are some snapshots of my street.

I live here at this house with my landlady, Mrs. Kyei, and, up until this week, my housemate, Isabelle.

They have pomegranites growing on their property! But Ms. Kyei says they are not eaten in Ghana!

There are also giant snails...