Ammon:
We went to the airport and got to the small airport lounge. I found out that airport lounges sometimes have showers! (Didn’t use it.) Then got on our prop plane flight. Then we landed, and took a taxi to Becky’s house. Met the one-week old puppies (German Shepherds). Dad did work, and mom met people, so just screen day for me. 🙂
LaReita:
Yes, it was a screen afternoon for Ammon. I take consolation that it was Saturday, and at home Ammon would be playing on the computer anyway.
Getting to Kumasi from Accra options:
Option 1 (most economical): The VIP bus = 5 hours on crowded roads.Five hours does not include getting to the station and sitting/waiting on the hot bus. Once on the road, you get the adrenaline bonus experiencing the bus driver driving at kamikaze, break-neck speeds on partially unpaved or pot-holed roads. Then once you reach the station, getting to your final destination.
Option 2 (fastest method): Passion Airways (propeller-jet plane) = 30-40 minutes domestic flight. We can use our Priority Pass benefit to sit in an air conditioned lounge with a buffet, drinks, and strong wifi.
We chose Option 2. The fastest, but also more expensive. The flights to Kumasi used to be $120 round-trip. Pretty Then in January, a Chinese company bought the airline. It now is $250 round-trip. Sigh. The flights were still full (mostly Ghanaians), so apparently people are able and willing to pay. What was most frustrating to me is I tried to buy the tickets a month ago at cheaper prices, but since I was on an African website, using my USA Visa card, it kept being rejected as fraud. Ugh. So I relented and bought the tickets at their window when we landed in Ghana a few days ago. I probably could have called Visa to let the purchase go through, but…. I didn’t. Can’t win them all I suppose. We supported the Chinese businessmen and the locals they employ.
At Becky’s house I trained three of our managers on the new website Dave built for us to manage people, hours, courses, classes and attendance – FMFed.org. Also training them on the regular website for blogging and requisition forms. I’m learning how to delegate better and give others technology skills that will make them more employable. After-all, mentoring is in our name.
I wanted to train them all at the same time to be efficient with my time. However, they all arrived according to African Standard Time. My planned 2 hour training became 6 hours. Akwaaba (ah-kwa-bah) Ghana (translation: “Welcome to Ghana.”)
Dave happily connected to Becky’s Starlink and made some good progress on his real work project (Medicare data code-sets).