My travel to Ghana has been quite the experience. Culturally, it is way different then back home in the U.S. In Ghana, there are kids working before they graduate from middle school or elementary (half of them don't have a choice). In the U.S., kids sometimes stall after they graduate high school to get a job because they we want everything done for us.
I learned that people in Ghana are very hard working. The Ghanaians are very proud of there growing country and economy, and the athletes that come from there succeed in almost everything that they do.
After this assignment, I learned a lot of the physical aspects of Ghana and how the things there really are.
I would travel to Ghana at every chance that I get.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Traveling from Accra, Ghana to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Travel Info:
Delta Air Lines, Flights 
8489 / 8604 / 6473 / 493
3 Stops
Depart: 11:30 PM
Douala, Cameroon (DLA)
Arrive: 12:01 PM
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ)
Connect in: Paris, Boston, New York
Flight 1
Delta Air Lines, Flight 8489
Depart: 11:30 PM
Douala, Cameroon (DLA)
Arrive: 5:55 AM
Paris, France (CDG)
Flight 8489 operated by Air France
Boeing 777-200
On Time: 88%
Connection Time: 7 hrs 35 mins in Paris, France (CDG)
Next Day Arrival
Flight 2
Delta Air Lines, Flight 8604
Depart: 1:30 PM
Paris, France (CDG)
Arrive: 3:15 PM
Boston, MA (BOS)
Flight 8604 operated by Air France
Airbus A340-300
On Time: 15%
Connection Time: 2 hrs 54 mins in Boston, MA (BOS)
Next Day Arrival
Flight 3
Delta Air Lines, Flight 6473
Depart: 6:09 PM
Boston, MA (BOS)
Arrive: 8:00 PM
New York, NY (JFK)
Flight 6473 operated by COMAIR DBA DELTA CONNECTION
Canadair Regional Jet 900
On Time: data not available
Connection Time: 11 hrs 5 mins in New York, NY (JFK)
Next Day Arrival
Flight 4
Delta Air Lines, Flight 493
Depart: 7:05 AM
New York, NY (JFK)
Arrive: 12:01 PM
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ)
Boeing 737-800
On Time: 85%
Arrive on Wed Nov 10
Total Travel Time: 41 hrs 31 mins
U.S. Airlines/ Car Rental from Accra, Ghana to Douala, Cameroon
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The Dominican Republic is different than Ghana in many ways, one of them being that it has an established government, while Ghana has an unstable government. There have been many famouse movies and film shots taken in the Dominican Republic, while on the other hand, Ghana has very few.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic was named the American Capital of Culture for 2010 by the International Bureau of Capitals of Culture. Ghana has not yet been noticed for its cultural significance.
Cocoa is one of the Dominican Republic's main exports, where as the main export of Ghana is gold, but cocoa follows closely as its second most valuable export.
While there, I will probably visit Santo Domingo's Colonial City. It has things like:
The first road in the new world
First Cathedral in the New World
Hospital and University in the America's
Columbus Palace
the Ozama Fort
the Museum of the Royal Houses
the National Botanical Gardens
the Caribbean seaside boardwalk called the Malecón
the Palace of Fine Arts
If you stand and notice all of the things that have been presearved over time in this city, you could feel as though you went back in time to when the city was more modern, and less dilapidated.
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