The End

So… Finally back in Boston… completed my round the world trip in just under 1 month.

Let’s see if all my goals were met:

a. Make friends in Ghana – check!
b. Build composting latrine and optimize designs – yup!
c. Conduct sanitation education workshops at Taha Village – had a sanitation Drama Performance at Taha, but didn't get to work on educational outreach materials...
d. Dance to the local music – Went to a club in Tamale
e. Sleep on a Ghanaian beach – fail. Was sick the last week and couldn’t make it to the Green Turtle beach…
f. See an elephant – Fail. Didn’t have a Sunday spare to make it up to Mole National Park. Was told it wasn’t worth it anyway…
g. Conduct baseline sanitation surveys in Northern Ghana – Sam helped me out with this while she went water sampling around the area.
h. Don’t get infectious diseases – epic fail. Knocked out for my last week with a bacterial infection.

So what are the things that I have learnt?
• Development work in Ghana is incredibly difficult. Especially in the field of rural water and sanitation.
• I need Asian food at all times
• Life is beautiful

And now it’s back to regular school, job hunting, and real life.
I have to admit, as much as I love Ghana, it feels great to be back.

Tho, I will forever miss the PHW factory and the workers and riding on that pickup truck to work everyday...