FRIED PLANTAIN!!! YES!!!!!!

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Other things in Ghana I have missed over the last three years (in the order that they occur to me):

All my friends, of course!
Alvaro (malt-based drink, in passion fruit and pear)
Fresh mango and pineapple
Overall access to cheap, fresh, organic fruits and vegetables
The taxi and tro-tro transportation system
African prints and fabric
Getting clothes made by a tailor
Speaking Fante 
Fufu! And ampesi! And waakye! (These are popular Ghanaian foods)
FanIce (vanilla ice cream in a bag- like gogurt but bigger and better!)
Being stuck in traffic or waiting for the bus to fill and having vendors come to the car/bus selling water and drinks and snacks and gum... and even items like shoes, belts, soaps, washcloths...
Ghanaian English

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