The Day I Did Nothing: Day 20

Well it’s the 20^th day, otherwise known as “The Day I Did Nothing.” I did nothing blogworthy today. I didn’t even plaster myself out of bed until after 2pm. All of this traveling has really gotten me worn down. Well no let me revise that…I woke up around 1130 to have leftover plantains and rice. I’m still at the guest house so I heated them up in the kitchen and went down to the TV room (where they have satellite tv) to watch a little tv. Oh yes, and it was then that I came back to take a nap so I think it was closer to 3 when I woke up. Anyway, Angie called and said she wanted to take me to eat Chinese food. I said “sure” but the entire time back in my mind I was thinking, “I’m not so sure how this one’s going to turn out.” She picked me up and we headed to this Chinese fast food place/restaurant. The first people we saw at the counter were Chinese. Angie said, “Well that’s a good sign.” Lol. And of course there were some Ghanaians as waitresses. I didn’t see the standard on the menu. Well, the meats were pretty much the same. Shrimp, beef, pork, chicken. But no broccoli, no snow peas, no string beans. (sigh) oh well. I mean, those veggies would have to be imported anyway. Everything was basically meat and rice. So I had, fried rice and a little sweet and sour shrimp on the side. It wasn’t breaded and really they were just small shrimps with sauce over it. But it was good and I ate it all. After we took a walk down…hmmm, I forgot the name of the street…but it’s a busy street in Accra. Kind of like South Street is in Philly. Very busy with people everywhere. At one point when we were walking this kid came up to us begging. And he walked alongside us practically hanging off Angie’s arm…then mine! The parents…some of them…send their kids out in the street to beg because they know it will gain more sympathy. We walked up and down, hung out a while and then headed back to the guesthouse. See, I told you I did nothing today. And you know what? I'm okay with that.