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The End - 07/Sep/2009 13:00 - 5568 days ago
I have been back in the UK for two weeks now. In many ways it doesn’t seem like I ever went away. Occasionally I can see that ...
Of All The Airports in All the World - 23/Aug/2009 14:53 - 5583 days ago
My last day in Ghana required a lot of co-ordination and provided no time at all to actually think about the end of nearly two y...
Out of Africa - 14/Aug/2009 09:07 - 5592 days ago
I have pulled out the big black suitcase on wheels from behind my bed, it was too big to store away neatly. I have removed the l...
Abidjan - 10/Aug/2009 09:31 - 5596 days ago
AbidjanIf we hadn’t been unnerved by the UN people carriers and troops in a range of camouflage uniforms, the appearance of a ...
Untitled - 22/Jul/2009 09:32 - 5615 days ago
Volunteers in Ghana are told that greeting is hugely important. The handshakes, sometimes with the special clicks, and the‘ho...
Beads - 19/Jul/2009 10:56 - 5618 days ago
Of all the traditional crafts in Ghana, beadmaking is the one most closely associated with the Eastern Region and in particular ...
Obama in Ghana - 12/Jul/2009 10:24 - 5625 days ago
We agonised for some time about whether we should try and see Obama in the flesh. When would the opportunity present itself agai...
The Nubuke Foundation - 03/Jul/2009 09:07 - 5634 days ago
My visit to Legon had been to a new art gallery, the Nubuke Foundation. (‘Nubuke’ means ‘a new dawn has broken’ in one o...
The Great Oburoni Debate - 03/Jul/2009 08:59 - 5634 days ago
A recent letter in the“Daily Graphic”, from an American volunteer in Ghana fed up with being hailed by one and all as “obu...
The Adomi Bridge - 24/Jun/2009 09:13 - 5643 days ago
Spent a peaceful weekend with Catherine and Carla at Aylos Bay beside the River Volta. We would have appalled the VSO Ghana doct...
Untitled - 12/Jun/2009 13:10 - 5655 days ago
One of the benefits of a long volunteer placement is the opportunity to see changes in your adopted second home. Regular reader...
Obama Coming - 26/May/2009 10:20 - 5672 days ago
Coming from a country with a long established democratic process, I take peaceful elections and changes in government for grante...
Accra - 15/May/2009 09:33 - 5683 days ago
One of the reasons I like Koforidua is that it isn’t Accra, but it is convenient distance – an easy day trip – from Accra....
Jackson Park - 11/May/2009 10:27 - 5687 days ago
It is a long time since I made specific mention of Jackson Park in the heart of Koforidua. By European standards, its hard surf...
Zoom Lion and the Wheelie Bins - 11/May/2009 10:02 - 5687 days ago
There is a new noise on the streets of Koforidua. If we didn’t have enough already, we now have to contend with the music whi...
Untitled - 04/May/2009 09:29 - 5694 days ago
A regular feature of the volunteer experience is playing host to friends and family from home. As I mentioned in the last item,...
Easter - 14/Apr/2009 10:35 - 5714 days ago
The entries over the last month have been more of a travelog, than a blog about living in Ghana. There has been little happening...
Ghanaians - 07/Apr/2009 09:38 - 5721 days ago
I was recently asked to describe Ghanaians by somebody coming here in the near future. After saying how fortunate I was to be h...
"Are you crossing?" - 31/Mar/2009 09:23 - 5728 days ago
Wherever you go in Ghana you will be asked‘how are you?’ and ‘where are you going?’ or just ‘where to?’ The first is...
Larabanga - 25/Mar/2009 09:34 - 5734 days ago
There is, of course, a flip side to Mole. A short distance from the park’s main gate is the village of Larabanga. The creati...
Mole - 23/Mar/2009 11:35 - 5736 days ago
This is a guess, but I don’t there are many game reserves where you can get two nights bed and breakfast, two evening meals, a...
No Sweat! - 15/Mar/2009 11:41 - 5744 days ago
Tuesday was a first. As I may have mentioned it gets quite warm here, regularly in the mid thirties and very humid. Consequently...
Posuban Shrines - 11/Mar/2009 10:19 - 5748 days ago
On Thursday I returned to the coast of Central Region for a couple of days visiting a few more of the ruined European forts. I ...
Trials and Tribulations - 09/Mar/2009 11:33 - 5750 days ago
Monday morning should have been straight forward. Charge up my electricity smart card and spend an hour or so on the internet. ...
Miscellany - 25/Feb/2009 10:33 - 5762 days ago
A combination of the age and condition of the internal paint work and the ferocity of the current spells of rain, mean that ther...
Yam Chip Wife - 25/Feb/2009 10:32 - 5762 days ago
I fancied yam chips and pepper sauce on Saturday. I hadn’t had them for a week or so. Most week day lunches recently have bee...
The Honorable Nana Adjei Boateng - 25/Feb/2009 10:18 - 5762 days ago
The transitional period of President Atta Mills government continues. On Thursday he gave his first State of the Nation Address...
Fire Starters - 16/Feb/2009 12:07 - 5771 days ago
As I was leaving the house one day recently, the compound suddenly filled with butterflies. As I approached each bush or tree an...
The Mmetiamu Bridge - 16/Feb/2009 11:49 - 5771 days ago
The letters page of theDaily Graphicis one of my favourite features and I am always disappointed when the page is replaced by so...
Akwaaba Cadbury - 05/Feb/2009 12:58 - 5782 days ago
Monday was big day in the cocoa growing community of Kromameng, near Suhum. A team from the London end of the Cadbury Cocoa Par...
The Rain Returns - 01/Feb/2009 11:04 - 5786 days ago
A dramatic storm on Thursday night signalled the return of rain to Koforidua after an absence of over a month. When overhead, t...
Silence in the Library - 01/Feb/2009 10:52 - 5786 days ago
Ghana is a noisy place. The main culprit is music blasted at peak volume from speakers in shops, tro tros and funeral gathering...
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