Travel..thus far

so i have felt super isolated but i am starting to learn how to get around. \yesterday i took a taxi with a man named Divine to shoprite - a quasi american store...on the way we got pulled over and Divine had to pay the cop 5 cedis...5 dollars just to pass - corruption. on my way home i tried to take a trotro - a van/bus held together with string that packs 20 people in at a time. they would not let me in..they were trying to protect a single woman traveling with a baby - i had to take a taxi and pay 4 bucks! i felt dejected - even though they meant well - then to make matters worse i got lost in the taxi and the driver was a little put out...oh the trauma of learning a new country's transportation system. luckily my first taxi driver was ...divine.