Sunday, July 20, 2008

Ghana Picnic 2008

The picnic was scheduled to start at noon. It took us a while to find the gathering at Trout lake park. We eventually found the gathering.....7 people and it was 3 p.m. Playing loud music as usual. We thought we were late, but we were obviously early by Ghanaian standards. It eventually picked up in the next hour. I guess Ghanaians know how their countrymen operate...so most people got there from 4pm going. My buddies and myself were not feeling it at first but it became quite entertaining after a while....

Some lady brought a bag of fake hair and kente cloth to sell


When I say fake hair...I mean really fake and really fake-looking. My friend, had to take a closer look whilst trying to keep a straight face...This weave looked like it was made of plastic....like the manufacturers didn't even try to make it look like hair...What's the point of wearing a weave if it looked like a weave....I'm just saying.

I volunteered to play 'ampe'. Don't ask why...something to do I suppose. Problem was, nobody seemed to remember quite how the game was played.

There were more arguments than actual ampe playing.

Eventually the game begun.


1 comment:

  1. A Rose is still a RoseMarch 29, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    Yinks, I died @ the pic of me looking at the weave,hehehehehehe. I had no idea you busted me trying not to laugh at the fake hair....gosh, love the pics, so interesting to see.

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