Travel

I know I just posted yesterday but I'd like to share another travel experience. Site visit came to a close today so I made plans with my 4 fellow Eastern Region trainees to meet at the Koforidua bus station at 10am this morning. The plan was as follows:

5:30- Wake up and ensure that I'm properly packed and ready to go.
6:00-7:00- Breakfast and help with any odd chores that need doing.
7:30- Go with Dorothy (host site Mother) to the Sekesua market where she sells eggs and other goodies every Wednesday.
8:30- Board a taxi from Sekesua to Koforidua to ensure that I'm there by 10am (the ride shouldn't take more than an hour)
10:00- meet with my fellow trainees and wait for the Kumasi bound bus.
2:00ish- arrive at the Kumasi sub-office for a nice afternoon of R&R. (Please don't think that I expected every aspect of this plan to go smoothly)

Actual travel day:
5:30- Wake up and ensure that I'm properly packed and ready to go.
6:00-7:00- Make 2 trips to the borehole down the road to fetch water. They're starting me out with the small bucket. It's maybe 1/3 the size of the normal bucket. I tried Ghanaian style on the second trip and put the bucket on my head. I'm proud to say that I only spilled a little and not at all until taking the bucket down from my head. The small spill was still enough to soak my clothes from naval to knee. During this time I also enjoyed maybe a half dozen impromptu language lessons.
7:00-7:30- Prepared and ate breakfast
7:30-8:20- Spoke with my supervisor/site father about prospective projects for the next two years while waiting for the Sekesua car to arrive.
8:20-8:40- joined the Sekesua car and travelled the 2.5 Km to the market. YES, it took 20 minutes to travel 2.5 Km due to the stops and the cramming of people/foodstuffs.
8:40-9:10- Helped Dorothy set up her market while struggling to greet people in Dangme before rushing off to get the Koforidua car.
9:10-10:25- Sat by myself in the Koforidua car while waiting for the car to fill. Sweat completely through the front and back of my shirt.
10:25-11:05- Travelled in a taxi (think VERY compact car) while sharing the back seat with 3 Ghanaians. The woman to my immediate right was quite large and had 4 live chickens sitting on her lap!!
11:05-1:00- Sat with my 4 co-trainees in the Kumasi bound bus until it was completely full.
1:00-4:00- Travelled from Koforidua to Kumasi with minimal disruption.
4:00- Finally took off the t-shirt that was STILL drenched with sweat.

From what I understand, this is a successful commute. I just wanted to give a few details. No matter how well prepared I am for any particular day, I'm still in Ghana and time/urgency is not the same.