Tonight for dinner, I decided to order an egg sandwich. I thought it was a pretty safe bet, as we had delicious egg sandwiches in Cape Coast which consisted of fried eggs (sometimes with some veggies in it) on toasted bread. So, you can imagine my surprise when the plate, below, appeared in front of me! Our server could see my confusion, and she said, "I'm coming back with the bread." Certainly not what I think of when I think of an egg sandwich! Now, it may be hard to see, but this "sandwich" consisted of a salad of spiral noodles, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, some sort of beans, and a few pieces of hard-boiled eggs, then topped with swirls of ketchup and mayonnaise. Yum! Besides the fact we're not eating fresh vegetables like that here (been advised to avoid getting ill from bacteria), the combination of items wouldn't be appealing in the US either. Oh well, shared Derek's fried rice...something we had for lunch today too, but it's randomly widely-available here and usually edible so it's become somewhat of a staple.
Other funny things we've seen here:
- Burger Queen, not a fast food place but a clothing store
- Hilarious Services, which offered faxing, copying, passport pictures, etc.
- Lots of Obama stuff, with the occasional LL Cool J hair salon
The list goes on, but I have to pack and get ready for a very early morning bus to Tamale ("TOM-aly," not like the Mexican food) tomorrow...too bad they don't actually have tamales to eat there! Not sure if I'll have Internet tomorrow, but we will be in the village (Kpendua) Tuesday-Friday so we definitely won't be in touch then... I'm sure I will have a lot to share when I write next!
Hi Ms.Gale this is jordan (the girl) i hope you are having a wonderful time in west africa. From the pictures the art looks great and beautful although that "sandwich" looks i bit off and different but cant judge a book by its cover even though i want to i cant, hope u are having an amazing time and cant wait to hear the details love jordan <3
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