3 marriage proposals, 3 hours cooking and 3 mosquito bitesAfter being warned about the requests for your hand in marriage, I have had 3 so far! While waiting in the bus, a young man with a fish basin balanced on his head came and talked to me through the bus window. After a long conversation about Newcastle United he then said he loved me and asked for my contact details to start a relationship. Thankfully the bus had to get going so I made my excuses and zoomed away.2 & 3 were a joint effort by Issah and his friend. We had an interesting conversation about the political party in power and the attractions of Ghana which quickly moved onto a few compliments followed by how they would love a white bride. They were both adamant that I took their contact details, mentioning our relationship could lead to marriage! At this point I made a quick exit back to the group.We spent this morning learning how to cook with Mama Joanna. We soon realised that Ghanaian food would take a little longer than a microwave meal. After collecting water, chopping vegetables, washing and marinating the meat, starting the fire and keeping it going, we were finally ready to eat three hours later! Although we did enjoy the fruits of our labour!Tomorrow we leave to Achiase, the village where we will be living for the next 9 weeks. I'm really excited about meeting the family and settling in to country life. We will soon start our project building 20 toilets. I hope it's a flushing success! :)

My mosquito bite count: Three