{"id":10880,"date":"2022-09-15T02:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=10880"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:33:48","slug":"geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=10880","title":{"rendered":"GEOGRAPHY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s 9:30 pm at La Guardia airport in New York and I am\nsitting down after strolling the length of the concourse to peruse every\nconceivable type of sandwich \u2013 none cheaper than $15.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have decided tonight is a good time to fast from everything\nbut the peanut butter protein bars I brought with me.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have about 3 hours before my flight is scheduled to leave\nfor Accra, Ghana. It will take a little over 10 hours over the Atlantic to\nreach the West Coast of Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that reminds me \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been trying to narrow my focus to one person whom I\ncan imagine as my audience as I reflect on this next three weeks. And I think I\ncame up with the perfect candidate:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me, one year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">********<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that vein, you should know that Accra is Ghana\u2019s capital and\nlargest city, boasting 5.5 million souls in the larger metropolitan area. The\nofficial language of Ghana is English, but 50 indigenous languages are spoken\nacross the country.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/east-african-countries-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1320\" height=\"1153\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjEHQH9I5X9jh_EbmpEFrf6sXvSALkgs7wORhJSNnve0aplH0Jbvf4Zvyli8RnWnfMqlAdk4kvhZsX6fX_dvddd98uDcJoY9fEB_xDWsOMzLE2K0PGV75tz0hos8VtS_7c877JeyUYNQFsrGYxPEu-SXaHlK8sbaOKGIsGON49WRK-20a4ENtBCmdaY\/w586-h640\/ghana%20map.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"350\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There you go, Steve &#8211; now you know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 9:30 pm at La Guardia airport in New York and I am sitting down after strolling the length of the concourse to peruse every conceivable type of sandwich \u2013 none cheaper than $15. I have decided tonight is a good time to fast from everything but the peanut butter protein bars I brought with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10883,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10880\/revisions\/10883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}