Another great way to meet people in the community is to simply say "good morning"! Unlike at home where everyone tends to keep to themselves, here it is very common for someone to stop you while you're walking just to have a conversation. I have been stopped so many times on my walk to school by street vendors and locals. Now on my walks around the area I can strike up a conversation with some of the people I have spoken to before. I noticed one day on my walk to school that I was continuously saying good morning to a man who carries coconuts in a wheelbarrow. I later found out that his name is Joe, and now every time I see him he greets me with a great big smile. Aside from my new human neighbors, I have had to adjust to my animal neighbors as well. Hearing roosters crowing at the crack of dawn is definitely not something I am used to back home. The sun rises and sets very early in Ghana, so people here wake up at what might seem very early in America-- people normally wake up at 5 o' clock to start their day. At this hour you will probably hear the swift sound of women outside sweeping the front of their houses. The roosters too, start their days very early and they make sure the whole town hears them when they wake up. A rooster hangs out by my bedroom window and starts crowing around six o'clock every single morning. I know I said it is easy to stop noticing the things in our environment, but I always notice the roosters!
