You'll Get Used To It......

You'll get used to it.... this advice has been passed on to me by colleagues that have been in Ghana for some time. Apparently I will get used to the heat, the humidity, the spicy food, fish with heads, mosquitoes, competing with locals for a seat on a tro-tro (photo to follow) at rush hour.. the list grows every day. Usually this daily mantra is followed with a big smile and an outburst of good humoured laughter. But no one can tell me quite how long it takes to get used to some of these things and frankly when it comes to eating fish heads I don't think I will get used to it.  There is just something about the way fish eyes seem to follow you which ever way you try to approach them on your plate, I can't bring myself to tackle them.  I have discovered fried Yam as a very palatable alternative to chips but Ghanaian food is very spicy and I am struggling to find anything substantial, vegetarian and that doesn't cause me to reach for the fire bucket. I am still staying at Hotel Byblos in Osu, Accra awaiting room in a house which is likely to be an area called Asylum Down. Just to get in before some of you skype or e-mail me with a witty retort yes Irene is taking over the asylum (is it okay to use the term 'lunatic anymore??) Until then I have access to all sorts of food at European prices, in Osu. Tonight we have been invited to a Caledonian evening at the British High Commission where I am hoping we will get fed and watered; there's no harm hoping now is there...