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• Left Hand
• It is considered one of the biggest insults to gesture with your left hand. You should always use your right when waving, raising your hand in class, giving directions, or any other hand motion. I should probably have my left hand cut off, because I'm the most insulting person Ghana has ever seen. I'm not even left handed.
• Music
• The hit music here is about five years out of date. Ring tones are the best. The other day in the tro tro "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan started blasting and a 30 year old guy in the back picked up the phone. "Ice Ice Baby" is making a come back in Africa. Tell your friends.
• Marriage  Proposals
• Happen. A lot.
• Trash
• If you thought recycling was bad in the States, try introducing it here where there are barely trash bins. One of my friends carries bottles around for hours just hoping to come across a trash bin, but it never happens. I have seen more trash in a day than I have seen my entire life span in the States.
• Water
• Water bottles barely exist here. Instead water is delivered in pouches - plastic bags, similar to the ones that we were given milk in when we were in third grade. Although thought to be a great idea, Ghana has quickly realized that the plastic pouches are creating way more mess and the plastic is found everywhere.
• On another note, you can find water everywhere, but there are only two water companies that are "trusted" and have passed the Ghana government's standards.