Whats for dinner?

On a beautiful Saturday, the McCann's followed the Parker's down to Sunyani for an afternoon of shopping. This was our first trip down to Sunyani that was not on the Newmont bus for a flight or the scheduled shops on Tuesdays.

Sunyani is the capital of the Brong-Ahafo region and has a population of about 80,000 people. Make that 80,001!

Saturday Baby Girl

While we were in Sunyani, we had the pleasure of visiting Miss Winnie, the school secretary, in the Sunyani Hospital. Miss Winnie gave birth to a beautiful (4 week early) 2.6 kg baby girl. Here she is at about 8 hours old, ears pierced already. She will be called Amma (female born on a Saturday) until she is named a week later. This was Miss Winnie's first baby and was leaving the hospital that evening...12 hours after giving birth to a preemie! What a difference from America. I was thrilled to be able to hold this wonderful gift from God.

Now for our shopping...

Shoes anyone?

More shoes...

and clothes

These are some non edibles that are available. As for the things I needed, I was able to get watermelon, pineapple, apples, oranges, potatoes, onions, peppers and eggs. All of this has to be washed well, but I am learning all the ins and outs of safely feeding my family.

On our drive home there was loads of people carrying what they have gathered for the day. It is amazing to see children so young carrying maybe only 1 piece of wood or a small bowl on their head, but doing it, all the same. Unfortunately we were driving too fast to get any photo's of the young children.

And now for the highlight of the trip. As the Parker's pulled over to the side of the road I was not sure why. Until the kids came to show us! Grass cutters! The real name is the Greater Cane Rat. It is a type of bush meat and considered a delicacy (?). I am not sure that RAT and DELICACY go in the same sentence. But I was thrilled to finally be able to see these and get a great photo. And by the way, neither us nor the Parker's bought them for dinner.

A tasty treat?

Wonder if it tastes like chicken.