The in country training is now drawing to a close. We have spent a morning cooking outside the VSO office, familiarising ourselves with the gas burners and loal produce. The results looked remarkably like the dishes we have been served at the hotel. Some of the existing volunteers set us a task to buy everyday items from the shops around the hotel. This demonstrated just how friendly and helpful Ghanaians are. I cannot stress this enough. Wherever we go and whatever we do, we are met with courtesey and good humour. For example, on the tro tros (minibuses) other passengers make sure we get the correct change.We have had three lessons in the languages most commonly spoken in our placement locations. Fortunately, mine is Twi, the most widely spoken, used in much of the south of the country including Accra. My attempts to use it meet with mixed results at the moment.On Sunday a lot of us went to one of the local beaches. The sun shone all day. There were beer and snacks and musicians and acrobats. The rainy season is upon is however and on Wednesday, Sarah and I got completely drenched in the centre of Accra. The roads were awash with water but once it stopped it soon vanished. The drains are more capable of coping with this than those ar home. We ae slowly finding out how about our placements. Yesterday Behi, Dan, Virgil and I had a brief meeting with representatives from the Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Employment and the Ghana Federation for the Disabled. This will be my last blog entry from Accra. From Thursday we all (with the exception of Steve) leave the capital. We will be equiped with stoves, water filters, bedding, mosquito nets, first aid kits and equipment grants to furnish the accommodation that is being provided for us. I hope to be able to write again in the next week or so.