End of Training: Back to Accra

Training is finally over!!!!! We were sworn in as official Peace Corps Volunteers last Friday the 12th of December. It is a great relief to be done with our training and we are excited to focus on our real purpose for coming to Ghana. During our last excursion to the north I developed an abscess on my hip and had to have is cut out by the Peace Corps Doctor a couple of weeks ago. It is now healing "somehow", though the doctor wants to keep us in Accra to make sure it does not get infected again. Kym and I have now been referring to it as the "bullet hole" for its resemblance to what I believe a bullet hole would look like. After our swearing in ceremony we decided to visit a monkey sanctuary located in the Volta region called Tafi Atome. The monkeys were extremely people friendly, and though I thought the whole monkey and banana thing was a stereotype, they really do love to eat bananas right out of your hands. If you hold the banana tight enough they peel the banana in your hand and break off a piece. Kym was a little timid the first time but can now handle monkeys like a pro. But enough monkey business. It looks like we are going to be spending Christmas and New Years in the Medical office of Accra. So if you guys have any good ideas for fun things to do in Accra (Dan), let us know. Can't wait to talk to all of you soon!