I made it! Our group arrived in Accra, Ghana at 11:15 Ghana time. The best part of the trip (so far) is when the flight attendant announced that we were landing in Africa...so cool to be landing in Africa!!!!!
One of the first things that became very apparent is that we are on Ghanaian time now. Everything moves just a little bit slower...except the traffic that moves fast and there is a lot of honking. After we got through customs we went to the mall where we exchanged our money and some people got phones to use for local calls. My travel partner and I decided to split the cost of phone and then make sure we don't split up!
It was also interesting to see all the people selling food,water and other random things on the side of the road. When we stopped at a light,the people saw a bus of Americans and swarmed us. They were literally knocking on our windows. Our guide warned us not to buy anything from them because whatever they don't sell, they stick in the refrigerator which they then turn off at night.
I am now sitting outside (85 degrees) at the hotel restaurant enjoying a chocolate milkshake.