We MADE it!

We made it to africa all in one piece. After 30 hours of flying and waiting we arrived in Accra. Let's just say it has been a very interesting experience. We got off the plane to someone picking us up from the hostel we were at, which was nice until we found out we had to pack all of our luggage into at 12 seaters van(and yes we have SOOOO much luggage between as all) plus fit 12 people into the van. It made for a very tight ride. I have it all on video. The hostel was nice that we stayed at. The next day we ventured into Accra. We got our bus tickets and roamed around what everyone would call the poorest part of Accra. It was quite the experience. So many people and everyone trying to sell you something. We walked and walked just to find an ATM that would take our canadian debit cards so we could take out money. It was an adventure. We also experienced our vist ghanaian taxi ride and let me just say they have NO RULES for the road, the only device they use to merge, turn left or right or pretty much do anything in the car is the HORN and well they do just that. It's always an adventure getting into a taxi because you never know if you are going to get into a car accident or not HA HA. After Accra we headed to Cape Coast which where we are today. It is wonderful here, right by the ocean and beautiful. We enjoyed seeing the slave castle where Obama visited in the summer. It was so interesting to see what they had done to the slaves and listen to the background. We are not at what is called a botel "a hotel on water above alligators" wooo HOO but it's so nice we enjoyed swimming in the pool after taking a break from the heat. We are so burnt but it's so worth it. The days keep getting better and better and we begin to enjoy it that much more. We just can't tell you what it is truly like as it's something unexplainable. It's amazing to say the least. Although we have had challenges like our cellphone broke, we've had no money for the last two days and well the time changes have got to us we are slowly getting use to it all. I brought my video camera and have video recorded alot of our group's journey. I cannot wait to show you all it. We are off to Kumasi tomorrow. Hope to talk to you all soon again. I am probably missing alot of things but I just can't remember it all. Thank you for reading.
xo

Tomorrow is the BIG day!

We are off to Africa tomorrow. All this anticpation, stress and feeling overwhelmed to finally departing on our adventure. We are so very excited. Our Visa's and Passports were handed back to our hot little hands today which meant we knew it was real, WE ARE UP UP AND AWAY tomorrow morning. We depart from Kelowna to arrive in Calgary from Calgary to London and then off to our final destination of Ghana.

HOORAY HOORAY..and we are off. <3

f-o-u-r sleeps

SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP = FOUR

T-5 till we hit the sweet sweet African heat!

soo close to leaving yet sooo much to do!

We will be doing WHAT in Africa!!

Since Africa has many childbirth's each year we had the oppurtunity to learn what to do if we were to deliver a baby, have to recuscitate a baby, or what to do if a mother had a post partum hemorrhage.

Here are some pictures of our exciting day!

Erin bagging a baby... NO BIG DEAL!

So.. Let's just say we experienced child birth first hand... my reaction: we will be doing THIS in Africa. Our instructors reply: " yes, if a woman is labouring by a tree or out in the open and no one else is around... YOU WILL BE DOING THIS"... OMG! so here we go:

CRASH COURSE CHILD BIRTH ...

CHILD BIRTH: at it's finest!

And... Yes, I successfully delivered the baby!! HOORAY!






We are ready for anything! Bring it on!!

Disclaimer: ( we may not know what we are getting into but we are excited for any experience that comes our way! )

We'll be blessing the rains in t- 6

We are getting really excited about our African Adventure:) We arrive in Accra, the capital of Ghana on January 29th. We are spending two nights there and then moving on to the Cape Coast! From there we travel to Kumasi. Our first clinical experience is in Tamale, where we will be spending two weeks. We then move to Gushegu, a rural area placement, where we will have to work side by side cuban physicans and healthcare workers from around the world! We are planning to spend our last days in Africa on the coast mingling with locals and tourists at Green Turtle Bay Lodge! As we don't know what to expect, this will be an experience of a lifetime and we look forward to sharing it with all of you!