Shop-Rite

Well, I went to Accra this weekend with Maa to go shopping. I took a pic, but it turns out it was on video... and I cannot upload it to the site.

The place was pretty interesting. It was actually called Shop-Rite. They had 22 checkout lanes!!! A bakery, deli, and meat counter. They had aisles upon aisles of stuff. It reminded me of a mini-meijers!!! It was pretty cool. I got some soup mixes, lotion, some cream cheese and pickles.

But... the pickles ended up being a big disappointment. The first jar were not even crunchy, they were soft and tasted like they had been on the shelf for 10 years. The second jar was a different brand, and though crunchy... didn't taste very nice. I am totally bummed. My one and only reason for going to Acc was for the pickles. Now... I have to wait until my mom sends me more. haha. Ohhh how I MISS PICKLES!!!

The journey to Acc was pretty nice. We rode in the VIP buses. Nice seats, flat screen tv, air conditioned. Only 15.00 cedis for a 1-way ticket. That is about $10.40 in USD. Not too bad since the trip is about 4-5 hours long. The traffic is horrible, and the roads not too good either.

We stayed at Mr. Albert and Madam Ester's place. The same house I stayed at when I first arrived in GH when my baggage didn't show up. It was okay. It is always nice coming back "home" though. Even though Oyoko isn't my home home.... it is the only home I can go to here. So.... I was glad to come back.

The market area where shop-rite is housed, literally looks like a section of the lansing/meridian mall. It was soo surreal. Nice shops, fancy clothes displayed in the windows, just like at home. I told Maa that once I get home.... it will be a serious reverse culture shock. I nearly died when I stepped inside shop-rite. And then into the mall area. Haaa... and the food court!! Geez. Very refreshing, but overwhelming too.