Other random things I want to share

As it has been quite a while since I wrote last, there are a couple of more things I'd like to share... And some more pictures;)

This is how it looks like when we get CHEESE!!! If you can go to the shop and buy yellow cheese without spending half of your salary, consider yourself lucky;) Here, we cherish those precious moments with "normal" food:)


There's a thine line between love and hate they say and these two really show it:) I don't know how many times I've heard that they are getting "divorced" and how many times they were back together, planning to meet his parents and get married:D (for the record - it's really just a joke... but nice pictures;))


Cristina has this special look, supposedly very sexy one:) I tried to do it... it doesn't work that well:D And then we spent the whole weekend trying to do that... it didn't work at all... I have so much to learn in this life!!!

This is my cutest thing:) And it's sitting on Vucko:) Vucko (small wolf) is a name of my computer now, because it was very sick and "died" a couple of times in the last few weeks. And in Serbia if your children die very small, the next one you have you name "wolf", so that the witch wouldn't take him:D I think it's very cute:)

And one more thing. If you have a chance, watch a movie - The Blood Diamond. It's based in Siera Leone, but that's not the point. There's an expression that we use now very often - T.I.A. - this is Africa:) It says a lot... Watch the movie to understand more:D

Lithuanian invasion 2nd Edition

Now all my family (according to some - half of Lithuania) have been to Ghana and seen what's it like here. And I'm extreemely happy that they liked Ghana and are not worried about me staying here anymore:) My mom would prefer they'd cover the gutters, but other than that it seems pretty ok:D Short report of what we saw:
- Aburi botanical garden
- Kumasi
- Kintampo waterfalls
- Mole with the elephants, monkeys and wild pigs (the ones that look like Pumba from the Lion king;))
- Goldmines
- Beach time
- tried to see Elmina and Kakum unsuccessfully:(
- Wli falls and Akosombo damb

This is the highest waterfall in West Africa. A very peaceful and nice place... with a lot of butterflies:)
This time we were much more lucky with the elephant watching:) we saw PLENTY!!!

One of the highlights of the trip - a trip to gold mines. Yup, under the ground... long way under the ground:) I thought it would be more scary, but it was actually fun. And do i have to tell you that it all didn't go as planned, so we spent under the ground much longer than expected, because we couldn't go up. Then our guide wanted us to walk for a couple of hours in total darkness till the surface. Thankfully he reconsidered after 15 minutes. So we took the car (the mines are big enough for the big cars to drive in). Quite an experience;)

I've been tagged

Thanks to Cristina (http://advertisingpregnantbitch.blogspot.com/) you are reading this post, which is a bit different from the other posts I've made. And the reason is that I've been tagged. A new thing in the internet world. I'm not sure I like it, but here it goes: 5 things you might not have known about me:

1. I'm in the cultural shock part of my stay in Ghana and there are more and more things that make me angry. But I still love the country and the people I'm with here. So give me a couple of months and I'll be back with my wings;)
2. With my parents comming all my family will have been to Ghana:) And after the 3rd invasion of lithuanians traveling through neighbouring countries - half of Lithuania would know about Ghana!
3. This month I let myself feel "rich obruni", which is not a common state for me. I have to say I enjoy taking taxi instead of tro-tro and eating nice food (though I really enjoy my rice and yam and fish;))
4. I don't know why, but apart from this culture shock, I feel happier in Ghana than I did in Lithuania. Hope that I'll be able to maintain that when I go back;)
5. I heard a very nice quate that I really like: Every step is a touch of reality...

I don't know how to tag other people, so let me just leave it like this. Hope no bad fortune will come over me...

Another year has begun...

I feel sorry for the year 2007, because it has a very complicated task of topping year 2006:) Yet, if celebrating new year has any influence on the future, I think, it's gonna be pretty fun;) I appologize for being laconic, but here's what it included:
















The guys felt undescribable need to shave:D Therefore some had to suffer... Wouldn't you think of David as some weirdo from some country in eastern europe (let's not point fingers)?;) Luckily he shaved more after the picture was taken;)















Sharades. We chose only to act the movies. Somebody didn't manage to show "Risky business"... But you may try "Eternal sunshine of spotless mind";)


FOOD!!! I have to say that for the third year I'm having amazing New Year's dinners. I hope this does mean I will not be hungry all this year as well;)


And here's the fun (international of course) gang: Cristina from Romania, Marion from France, me from you know where, Daniela from Venezuela, Stevan from Serbia (without Montenegro), Basil from Syria and David from South Africa/Belgium/France or someplace similar:p

P.S.Again, for better understanding and more fun please refer to other blogs;)
P.P.S.Second invasion of lithuanians this FRIDAY!!!
P.P.P.S. A HUGE THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO SENT THEIR VIDEO GREETINGS... You made me feel very very special and very happy... though of course I had to cry... small small:)

Beach Christmas

Of course you know that this X-mas has been a very special one for me, because it was the first time I celebrated it on the beach;) It's not as fun as at home with the tree, the snow and the family, but still was pretty fun. Here's what happened:


















The local people danced for us...














Of course we sunbathed... and did some "surfing" on the waves, which I have to say were pretty big...















I had an opportunity to be X-mas past (in the morning) and X-mas spirit (giving presents, making people sing and looking quite funny:p). Here is a place I'd like to mention evil Stevan, who forgot our stuff (including presents) in Accra... Though in the end it all turned out for the best. In this picture you can see my self declared present - Basil from Syria;)














Luckily my present is from a country where they don't travel without Nargile or Shisha or waterpipe or whatever you might want to call that. Had some nice night conversations... For egzample, girls - apparently feet are more important body part then I thought before...
















Nope, this is not a postcard... it was THAT beautiful...

Also, I have to mention that we managed to see a HUGE turtle (like 1 meter long without egzagerating!!!!).

P.S.I know it's quite a boring post, so please check out other blogs for more pictures and better stories if you're interested;)