We were awoken to sounds of roosters this morning!
We then spent the morning touring a nursing school in Tamale, visiting the Royal Museum, and heading north to Tamale to meet the families we'll be staying with for the next few weeks. I will be staying with Mary and her two-year-old daughter, Melissa. (Mary's husband died last year in a car accident.) Mary teaches biology at the business school here in Tamale, which her apartment adjoins. She's great - she has been extremely welcoming so far, letting me stay in her own bedroom and feeding me a huge meal even though we didn't get in until after 9pm.
She also does not have running water, so tonight, I took my first shower via bucket. Even despite the heat, dumping a bucket of cold water over my head to try to wash the shampoo out still felt torturous to me.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to spending the next couple weeks here. Mary has promised to teach me how to cook - which will start with jollof rice tomorrow for dinner - and it will be fun to hang out with the two-year-old!
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