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This is a favorite phrase of my Human Rights in Africa professor and a perfect title for this blog.

Yesterday my fellow ciee students and I (thats more than 50 white students in one place) went to the beautiful and magical Bojo Beach. There we relaxed, drank soda, swam, built sand castles and played in the CIEE Games. These games included soccer, which I played (can you imagine,) lime and spoon, sack race, relay run and maybe a three legged race. My team was the green team and frankly I have no idea if we got second, third or fourth because as soon as I was done with my event i jumped into the ocean. The water was beautiful and clear and incredibly salty and the sand was so nice. The beach set up was glorious. when you arrive you have to cross a bridge to this in between island and then from there you take a 2 second boat ride to the beach itself. My friend Max actually walked across the portion we boated but either way it was lovely, if not a bit silly. Apon arrival we walked into this canopy area that had a bar and a farely extensive kitchen. People ordered food and I got a pinapple soda, which is a magical thing in its own right and we set about preparing to relax not to be pushed into these games. The games ended up being fun but as I said the water was the highlight. The waves here are huge!!! I also did some body surfing and got the best ride.

On a completely different note i think i will be doing a gospel music video while i am here in Ghana. It sounds rediculous I know, but my friend is doing the choreography and needs (white) dancers.

I am also teaching dance classes here. I dont know if i have said this yet. but its been really cool so far. the kids are so willing to learn and energized. I am thinking to teaching them the "brain dance" people from leah's class please tell me what you think! I am doing a ballet class and a hip hop/ modern class. Its pretty fun, and i have a class today!

Also this is funny but after so much Banku and kenkey and palm nut soup and Okra soup it was time to find other places to eat. My favorite place, i think, is a place near work called Melting Moments. They serve real mac and cheese!!!!