not particularly funny but
When I went to Ghana this summer, me and the other volunteers decided to got to Wli waterfalls in the northeast, which was quite a treck. On the way we decided to stop at an eco village, where the huts were pretty basic (basically a room with a hatched roof). It was more expensive than expected but we payed anyway. When we got to the waterfalls though we realised that we didn't have enough money for a room so we slept in the garden of some pleasant peoples' lodge, covered in mosquito nets and me in my hammock! It got worse though when we saw the price of the food at the place and off we went to find a loaf of bread and some water. It would have been just enough to go see the falls with what we had left and get home. Luckily in one bar we met some other vols who were with a Ghanaian organisation, working at the waterfalls, and they offered us actual eadible stuff! They were great, and we were actually full.
Not only that, but they then proceeded to invite us out that evening for drinks (enough for me to get rather drunk) and took us to the falls for free by pretending we worked with them! And then, just as a final act of goodwill, they drove us to a bigger place so that we could get a busride home immediately at the locals' rate and not tourists, so we had money to spare on the way home...

Some fantastic people helped us out in a desperate time where we wouldnt have had anywhere near as good a time as we did in the end. Thanks Salford uni RAG!
( morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 13:18, Reply)