This is beneficial to the growth of some crops but detrimental to others, such as cocoa. If cocoa plants get watered too much, this can actually cause the seeds to rot. On occasion, rain can fall for an entire week! Most of the time it is not just a drizzle, either. Huge blobs of water come crashing down for hours at a time. This can be difficult for many homes that have tin roofs, as the water will leak in.
During the dry season, the hot sun can bake the whole country. At 95 degrees F, it can feel hard to leave your home. This rise in temperature does not stop everyone from going outside or going to work, but it makes it a little harder. Much activity in Ghana occurs outside. Markets, food vendors, and open shops can be found all along the sides of the roads. When temperatures get too high, though, people are lesss likely to go out and shop. Operating a business out in the heat can be an arduous task as well.
The Ghanaians do a great job at using what they find around them to their advantage. With just the palm tree alone, locals are able to get coconuts, water, wine, and oil. All of these items can be sold to make money or just used at home to save money! Just like people anywhere else, Ghanaians adapt to the temperature of the land. I don’t do well in extreme temperatures. If it is very hot, you can bet I’ll be sweating right through my clothes. If it is too cold, I turn blue as soon as I walk outside. Since we are currently in Ghana’s dry season, the temperatures have not been shy about trying to cook me. However, the students walking around campus are still wearing suits and long sleeve shirts. Some even wear sweatshirts!
