Tuesday, April 14, 2015
This morning we met Dever’s in
the hotel lobby at 9 AM and checked out of our beautiful spot of heaven. We picked up Clarence, who is with us to
interpret as we visit a new area to see if we will do water projects. We stopped by to see Stanley, one of the men
who is drilling wells for us in Amansie West, the project we are working on
now. We drove till 2 PM when we arrived
at a recommended hotel, the Kenroses in the Sefwi Wiawso District. We were glad to know that they put us in the
suites or else we would not have known how special they were (just kidding). I suspect I’ve become a spoiled brat at the
Coffee Bean Hotel. The room is large,
with a king sized bed. The mattress is
brick hard, but not unusual for here.
The air conditioner works very well.
The fridge works. They have a
standing closet for our clothes with both shelves and a place to hang our
clothes. There is a small table for our
computers. They have a tiny hot water
heater above the tub, which means our showers will be warm. The main floor tile looks quite good so I
think they have done some refurbishing.
The sink is new, the toilet and tub are old. The bathroom has a unique kaleidoscope of
tiles, some on top of each other, with odd little objects sticking out of the
tile that they no longer use. The toilet
seat is broken, but this is also typical.
They have Wi-Fi, which took a bit of trouble to hook up (and for them to
fix) and it is a bit slow. I just have
to become patient again. Jim tells me
the TV has 3 channels. We don’t see a
pool so Clarence will be sad. We have a
balcony, so I can wash and hang out some clothes, and already got some washed
and dried before dinner. Since we will
be here most of the week I get to unpack once again. There are always things to be very happy
about! As for the bed, we’ll just pack
our hips with extra pillows.
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| The Kenroses Hotel, looking rather pristine from this picture. |
The eating area. The
enclosed eating area that they do not bother to air condition, so we eat
outside as it is cooler there, cooler, not cool.
We went down for dinner and all
ordered something different and all got the same food, almost exactly. After dinner I tried out the shower. It has a nice wand that has good spray, but
it got away from me a couple of times (no shower curtain) and I ended up with a
wet floor, a wet makeup bag, and wet hair (I had decided not to wash my
hair). So I washed my hair. I had to have the gal come and mop the
floor—embarrassing. We were off to a
good start in the Sefwi Wiawso District.
Above and below: In Africa they
are quite religious, and among their many billboards a great many of them
advertise special events like Easter, revivals, general things like Christ is
coming with a scripture reference. The
Pentecostal Church must be the most attended because they seem to have a church
in every little place we drive through.
Till tomorrow: sure to be a long,
sweaty, hard day.
Love, mom & dad, Jim &
Karen, E/S Greding
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