(1) Obama fabric. This is apparently very popular here. One of the seamstresses here was asked to make a dress out of this Obama Fabric.
(2) Upper Left: The drum makers at the National Cultural Centre. The drums were pretty cool, especially watching them being made!
(3) Bottom: The sign says "Welcome to Ghana" with a picture of Barak and Michelle Obama.
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I have had to learn how to separate feelings from my surroundings. I have to take things that happen to me light heartedly. I took the tro tro (bus-see the bottomw picture) for the first time today and I didn't exactly understand what the driver said, but I thought he said that the fare was 2 cedis (approx. $1.50). I was obviously wrong though, because suddently the people sitting next to me told me that it was actually 25 pesswas (approx. 25 cents)! Since I already stand out as an obruni (white person) everything else I do seems to get noticed! Everyone is really helpful and nice though. I could have paid about 4 times as much for the tro tro ride!
I went to the National Cultural Centre, it is a tourist-y place but I did find a couple nice souvenirs for some people. The market though was a little overwhelming. Walking through the stalls, I was constantly pulled into a shop by one person while someone else was calling me to come into there shop! I only stayed at the centre for about 2 hours but it was pretty exausting! The vendors are pretty pushy but I guess that's because tourists are there income here and there are so many people selling every similar things. I had to laugh a couple times though. It seemed that every vendor claimed that the paintings were through own, even though I saw the same painting at almost all stalls! One person even told me that he had a nickname that was "Joe", since that was the name on the painting while he told me his name was something else! Even though I am pretty sure I did get cheated on the price a couple of times I am still glad I went it was a pretty cool centre with so many trinckets! I am going to go meet Rada and her mom for a drink later tonight. She is the gal I meet on the plane and stayed with in Nigeria.