Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Monday 6:51 am – Afternoon at the beach

After changing back into our play clothes, we headed to the beach for the afternoon. This time we hired not only a driver but also a van so we could take along the entire household. Okay, we need to stop and explain here.

William and Pamela don’t live alone. They have two adorable little boys (Elory and Junior). Pamela’s mother also lives with them. And her cousin’s daughter. And… their nanny. And…. Ano, the household handyman/security guard. While we’re at it we better not forget Brutus, the vicious (yes, really) attack dog they let out at night. It’s quite an entourage.

Okay, so we all loaded up in the van and headed to the beach. We rented a little hut and after setting up shop, we walked up and down the beach and enjoyed some very nice weather. We got out a couple of foot(soccer)balls and kicked them around a little. Then the neighborhood kids discovered us and took up their own game.

William made the most of his time by holding a business meeting in the adjacent hut. We’ve discovered that he’s a very busy man. His day job involves some sort of work in the oil business (they just found something like 3 billion barrels of oil in Ghana). At night and on weekends, he can be found organizing a real estate development company and starting up a new university that will focus on technology skills. In the near future he hopes to set up companies in neighboring war-torn countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone. Goodness, that’ll keep a guy busy.

Sunday night we finally got to catch up on sleep – slept for almost nine hours, which was refreshing.

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