Things in Africa I Will Miss

Seeing that we have just over a month left and I am struggling with posting anything requiring pictures, I have composed two lists – things I will and things I will not miss in Africa.
- The sun
- Banana trees
- The beaches
- Obibinis (africans)
- Coconuts, bananas, papaya, pineapple and mango
- Groundnuts and groundnut paste
- The bread
- FanMilk
- Smiles
- Red dirt and green vegetation
- Roasting plantains every 100 meters
- Doris’ beans, rice and stew
- How good the AC feels here
- People carrying things on their head
- Hearing prayer calls from the mosques in the mornings
- Walking less than 5 minutes to purchase most anything I need
- Clotheslines
- Fanta, coke and sprite in bottles
- Naked obibini kids everywhere
- Palms
- The fabrics
- Tropical rain
- Okorye trees

Things I will not miss
- Open sewage
- Tro-tros (while convenient, they are in some ways terrifying)
- Overly fishy food
- Being honked at by taxi drivers
- “OBRUNI” hearing that over 50 times a day
- Hawkers
- People trying to help me parent
- People continue to speak to me/ ask questions in Twi when it is painfully apparent I have no idea what they are saying.
- Walking 10 minutes (all walking is with Thomas strapped to me) to use the internet just to find it not working.
- The price of cheese
- Carrying a hideous umbrella everywhere to protect my transparently white child who is now allergic to his sunscreen from the African son.