5 weeks

I honestly can't believe how quickly my time has gone by. I have 5 weeks left. That's it. How is it that the days go by as slow as molasses but the weeks just fly? Time in Ghana is a perplexing thing.

I've actually started finishing classes. My political science class, International Conflict, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights met for the last time this past Tuesday. Our final however isn't until December 5th. I'm really glad that class is over though. I had such high expectations for it, but it ended up just being the professor dictating essays to us as notes. But such is the British/Ghanaian education system. It all just comes down to a lack of resources. They don't have books, so the professors have to give them text books via notes. It's really frustrating as an American student, but I'm really glad I've been able to experience it because now I can appreciate my learning system that much more.
Next week though, is the official final week of classes. The week following we have what is called Revision Week, which is essentially like reading week. However, some professors will still hold class if they need to make up one or two, and some even will have finals. I myself have my Drumming final sometime during that week. It's really funny how little I've gone to my drumming class due to traveling, sickness, and my internship. But despite that, I can play all 4 parts of the song and it's really enjoyable.

Once Revision Week is over we are hitting the road!My friends and I are trying to plan a couple of excursions to keep ourselves occupied in between finals. First I think we're going to try and make the long trek up north to Burkina Faso. It's going to be quite the journey because it's even farther than Mole National Park, and we thought THAT was long. The following week we're heading to Cote dÍvoire to see Abidijan and the beautiful beaches. Then we'll make our way to Togo for a long weekend or something. That's a really short trip, only about 3 hours to the capital Lome, so it'll be easy to do. Then during our last week here, we're going to try and get the whole group together and spend a couple of nights past Takoradi at the Green Turtle. I have yet to go there, but several people in my program have gone a bunch of times and rave about it. Apparently it's paradise. It's also a really cheap but amazingly beautiful vacation. It will be a great way to spend my last week here with my friends. Not to mention the great tan I'll get.

These next couple of weeks are what I'm really looking forward to. This is what I came to Africa to do. To travel and see things and meet people. Of course I've been doing that here in Ghana with the program and also with my group of friends, but going off on our own is when we have the great times, the hilarious experiences, and I just can't wait for it to happen again.

I know these next 5 weeks are literally going to fly by with the things we have planned. I'll be home before I know it. How bittersweet.