Flight to Accra and our first hour in Ghana

Our flight to Accra, Ghana took us from Atlanta to JFK in New York where we had a five hour layover before we headed to Accra. We left Atlanta at about 9:00 AM and departed JFK at 5:00 PM. We arrived in Accra at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, 1/28/2009.

The flight from JFK to Accra was very bumpy for the first hour or so. I so badly wanted the flight attendants to serve us our dinner so we could get some sleep, but the service was delayed while we were going through turbulent air. Dinner was served around 8:30 PM. We ate our food, then I moved to an empty row of three seats and snoozed until we were served breakfast. The landing was uneventful, the airport was very uncrowded and it was really dusty. We deplaned via a rolling staircase and felt, for the first time, the heat that we would endure for the next week. We walked to the building where it was air-conditioned and we proceeded, without incident, through customs.

After customs, we made our way to baggage claim where we picked up a piece of luggage which was full of gifts for Alison. The baggage claim area was very close to the waiting area. As we made our way outside, Ellen spotted Alison. We said our greetings and exchanged hugs and Alison led us to the taxi's where she fought with a man about the amount of tip she gave him.

Then we made our way to Osu where Alison had stayed the night before.