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Tue, 07 Aug 2007
Accra again

Hi Margaret writing from Accra, having just arrived by plane from Ouagadougou, a journey of just one hour and 50 minutes as opposed to 21 hours on the overnight bus! All the staff at the hotel were extremely pleased to see us again and welcomed us as long lost friends - aww! nice. This is just a short blog to let you know that all is well and we are now looking forward to English fish and chips - ha ha. But, if you happen to see two coke bottles with legs walking around Nailsea, then it's sure to be us - when the staff see us coming they automatically go for the bottle opener. In fact, when we were in Ouagadougou and said we were staying for one more night, they took one more bottle of coke out of the fridge for us. They understood the word 'one'! The staff at the Ouagadougou hotel were very sad to see us leave. Everywhere we have travelled the people have thought that I was Ceri's sister !!! :-) It makes me feel good but not sure how it makes Ceri feel. In fact quite a number of people have cheered and shouted "No, that can't be right". And when I told them that I am also a grandmother, well, can you imagine the cheers and the jumping up and down - really incredible behaviour but lovely. Such friendly, helpful and happy people everywhere. OK everyone, that's all from Africa. This has been an overwhelming journey and a great privilege to have met so many wonderful people. Our usual love and best wishes to you all. x
Posted 11:46

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