1. Never pay the first price you are told. Or the second. Not even for hotel rooms
2. You don't need a license to be a taxi driver
3. Show up 30 minutes late and you will still be early
4. Canadians are not designed to adapt to heat. It's just not possible
4.5 KIRI is not designed to adapt to heat, I did just fine :)
5. You can carry literally anything on your head
6. Always check for basic necessities before locking any hotel room doors
6.5. Hint: toilet paper
7. Tro tros are death on wheels. If you ever want to fear for life hop in one
8. Your best skill is to be resourceful
9. Eating instant noodles for lunch every day for 3 weeks will lose it's glory
10. Snakes are not as problematic as one might assume
11. The African Jungle has a large population of rats
12. The mango in Ghana is like nothing else you will ever taste
13. As a girl you will be proposed to 3 times on a slow day
14. Power cuts are an opportunity to put down your technology and talk to people
14.5. A bottle of wine is difficult to open in the pitch black
15. Literally everywhere in the world had coca cola
16. Everyone thinks Candians say "aboot"
17. Necessity is the motherhood of invention
18. You can in fact fix a car with masking tape and a screwdriver
19. Spiders the size of your hand do exist
20. The locals will be proud of you when you attempt to speak Fante
21. Beef jerky doesn't exist here
21.5. Watching a local eat beef jerky is hilarious
22. The term 'road' is a very general term for anything you can drive on
23. When it rains, it downpours. Grab your soap and make use of it!
24. Not having access to hot water is perfectly fine
25. Elephants and lions don't live everywhere in Africa (we didn't see any!)
26. Washing machines are highly under appreciated
27. A fan can mean the difference between 8 hours of sleep and 0
28.You will lose the need to sleep under a blanket to protect yourself from monsters
29. Drink lots of water
30. You will meet people, make memories and have experiences that will last a lifetime. And you will most definitely want to go back :)