Barbra's sisters outdooring

On my second day in Ghana, I told Barbra that I would travel to Dakuma - Fadama Junction ( a neighborhood in Accra near my old neighborhood of Kwashimon) and attend her sisters outdooring. I was going to just take a taxi to get there (3 cedis about $2.20) but Barbra insisted that I see how far she lived from Labadi and the airport part of Accra. So I took 3 tro tros (these are mini-buses similar to the subway in New York, they can take you anywhere but it is a van with 12 people crammed in it and you jump in and out according to where you are going. They are very cheap 20- 50 cents a ride.) I took 3 different tro tros and got off at Fadama Junction and called Barbra to come and meet me. Apparently there are two Fadama Junctions, and I was at the wrong one. An old woman, Theresa, said I should come and sit with her, so I did. We sat by the busy intersection and watched for Barbra but she did not come. Theresa was very friendly she wants to start a second hand clothing business with me. Finally, I decided it was time to take a taxi to the other fadama Junction. Theresa was insistent upon coming with me, so I took her with me and we found Barbra and we went to Barbra's sisters's baby's outdooring. An outdooring is a ceremony where everyone dresses in white and sits under a tent and the host family serves them food and drink and people give money that is put into a large pot at the front of the tent. There is music and it is very loud. Some people dance. I mostly just ate and drank a lot . I had banku (corn and plantain dough ball) with Okra stew, I had pear malt drinks, fanta's ,sprites, and then fu fu (plantain and casavva(like a potato)) and groundnut (peanutbutter) stew with chicken in it. It is my favorite.
I finally left the outdooring around 6pm to go to Kwashimon to call on my old host mama and papa. They did not know I was coming but they were very happy to see me. We spoke of all that has happenend in their lives since I was there 4 years ago. They do not host students anymore because my papa has been traveling to America and my mama has been babysitting her grandson. (All her children are now married). I told them I will come back and visit again before I leave Accra and Ghana for good.
Upon leaving we tried to find me a tro tro to take me to 37 station which is close to Labadi. While a cab would of been faster, it is not safe to take them at night, because as my host parents said, "They can take you to places you don't know and take your things." So Barbra and I and I mean mostly Barbra asked every tro tro that passed on that busy street if they were going to 37 station. None of them were, it appeared I was stranded in Kwashimon. Barbra faithfully stood next to me and even offered to go with me to the main station and see me onto a tro tro to 37 station. Just as we were loading a bus, one for 37 station came and I got on it and made friends with a Liberian girl who was also going to Labadi. She showed me the way to my guesthouse junction and I got home safely.