This morning we woke up at 6:00am to catch a 7:00am service at the Roman Catholic Church – St. Joseph’s. It was an interesting experience, so many people came they couldn’t fit us all inside the church! So we sat on wooden pews we moved outside the door…it was nice to be outside…but I couldn’t really hear the service and spent the whole time admiring the town of Kintampo in their Sunday best. All the woman wore elaborate colored dresses, little boys were dressed in suits, and little girls had so many frills on their skirts you couldn’t see their faces through them.
After church, we drove out with one of Dr. Damian’s friends to the monkey sanctuary. It is a very touristy place…but Dr. Damian taught us well and thus we never paid full price for anything. One interesting aspect of Ghanaian culture is bargaining. Everything is worth only one-third of the price they will quote a foreigner…and everything is negotiable. Even the price of admission to a game park. I’m not the best bargainer because I feel guilty about it…but the other scholars are good. So we get discounts on everything! I also got some great
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