Arrived In Ghana

Day 1-May 26
Dateline Accra, Ghana
We arrived in Accra last night around 8:30 p.m. local time. We are five hours ahead of folks at ISU. The plane from London was packed. I was surprised at how many people were actually wearing business suits and sports jackets, especially since we were heading to place where it was 90 degrees (at night).Most of passengers were African but there were a few Americans going there working on projects in Ghana. I sat next to a twenty-something guy who works for Open Society Institute that promotes transparency in government (Ghana is a leader in this),and behind me was an engineering student who had developed a way to make bikes from bamboo that have the tensile strength of carbon steel. He is trying to find an investor to actually build the bikes here and ship to U.S.Only a senior in college.
Horace and I arrived without difficulty at hotel. Nice place. Inexpensive by American standards. I am blogging from restaurant connected to hotel. It is all wireless. Answered my emails earlier this morning.Very easy. Will be heading to town to exchange money, buy a wireless phone, and then make a couple of contacts. Tomorrow will be first full day of meetings.Bye for now.
Jim