Title: Lucy Adams and Andy Mulholland (
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Herald Magazine article - 03/Nov/2011 21:25 - 4781 days ago
And.. there's a feature running in this Saturday's Herald Magazine (05/11) about our trip....
The Return - 03/Nov/2011 19:09 - 4781 days ago
Tall buildings, choice of foods, i=Pads and Kindles and i-Phones, choice of restaurants, public transport, trains and fast cars ...
Travel as a selfish activity.. - 18/Aug/2011 13:06 - 4858 days ago
Travel is exhilarating and so many more things but ultimately its incredibly selfish. While we've been cycling around East Afric...
A totally unscientific study - 14/Aug/2011 19:19 - 4862 days ago
Totally unscientific study on women and cycling..In Kenya we cycled with a lovely guy called Eric who covers 40km tobuy slightly...
Character and characters - 02/Aug/2011 15:01 - 4874 days ago
You get a bit of a feel for the nature of people when you're cycling along, generalisations based of course on nothing more than...
Primates - 02/Aug/2011 14:46 - 4874 days ago
Saw chimpanzees in Kyambura Gorge.Saw gorillas in Parc National des Volcans in Rwanda(pic to follow).Both experiences shocked me...
Things I didn't necessarily know before we set off.... - 02/Aug/2011 13:48 - 4874 days ago
1. It is possible to cycle 1750kms through East Africa without being eaten by lions, bitten by snakes, attacked by armed robbers...
Pics.. - 23/Jul/2011 08:51 - 4884 days ago
To follow.. Internet not fast enough here to download them.....
Give me pen... - 23/Jul/2011 08:37 - 4884 days ago
This is a big thank you to all those agencies and individuals who have decided to assuage a momentary feeling of guilt by that h...
Roads - 23/Jul/2011 08:18 - 4884 days ago
The road less travelled.. generally seems to work out the best to avoid trucks and traffic, but from the map and so many directi...
Random camping - 16/Jul/2011 15:07 - 4891 days ago
After an incredible day of lion and elephant safari with a Kazak couple we picked up the night before, an evening camping inside...
Volcanoes, craters and cement - 16/Jul/2011 14:51 - 4891 days ago
The western part of Uganda seems to be dominated by volcanoes and craters. Cycling through it is clearly a little challenging, ...
Dust, dirt, Muzungus - 16/Jul/2011 14:14 - 4891 days ago
After some hairy experiences on the road to Jinja we cut our losses and accepted a lift to the capital.Kampala is a distinctly ...
Women as heifers.. - 12/Jul/2011 16:40 - 4895 days ago
While sitting in a nearby, natural "hot spring" in Uganda (picture a very busy steaming swamp full of smiling semi-naked people)...
The Source of the Nile - 11/Jul/2011 16:56 - 4896 days ago
Speke reached the source of the Nile all-right, but he didn't know it, AND he went and died in the process. What's the point of...
Random stuff to the border - 11/Jul/2011 16:15 - 4896 days ago
After raiding the Gold Mine, we spent our ill-gotten gains on some well-earned pizza in Kisumu, followed by a trip to a Congoles...
Just bumped into... - 03/Jul/2011 16:00 - 4904 days ago
1992 Olympic steeplechase champion Matthew Birir (as you do) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Birir.Our sandwich stop one da...
Dangerous birthday cake - 02/Jul/2011 08:16 - 4905 days ago
Three men from the opposition youth movement have been arrested in Kampala for presenting the president of Uganda with a birthda...
Pics - 30/Jun/2011 15:20 - 4907 days ago
Stunning images of attractive lycra-clad sporty/bumbling cyclists will follow by the way.....
Thankyou.. - 30/Jun/2011 14:58 - 4907 days ago
... to Laura, Jeremy and Alistair for putting us up and showing us such fantastic hospitality despite the fact you didn't know u...
Vaseline - 30/Jun/2011 14:50 - 4907 days ago
Some great friends and relatives insisted we bring Vaseline. Thank you. By day three everything's hurting and the chafing has be...
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive... - 30/Jun/2011 14:43 - 4907 days ago
It's a saying I love but in certain circumstances it's difficult to appreciate. Day two rolls like spaghetti hoops, soaring down...
African saddle sores... - 30/Jun/2011 14:36 - 4907 days ago
It started so smoothly. As the sun came up we rolled out of the farm near Menengai and floated downhill through the misty mornin...
Nice burdz - 29/Jun/2011 14:33 - 4908 days ago
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Nakuru - 25/Jun/2011 08:38 - 4912 days ago
It was like saving up for the biggest, brightest, most explosive and colourful firework in the shop, telling everyone about it, ...
Naivasha– 2nd – 8th June - 24/Jun/2011 15:29 - 4913 days ago
Lucy’s mum grew up in Kenya so we’ve had the good fortune in Naivasha to have people to stay with.We stopped in at Crescent ...
Arrival in Kenya - 24/Jun/2011 15:20 - 4913 days ago
I had a dream sometime in April that I had decided to skimp on costs and take a flight with Tro Tro Airways instead of BA. I'll...
Cycling in East Africa - 24/Jun/2011 15:01 - 4913 days ago
We’d always intended to take a bike ride somewhere in Africa. Well we've finally chosen a route taking in some pretty excitin...
Fitba tops for school kids - 17/Jun/2011 12:13 - 4920 days ago
Ghanaian's are crazy about football.In February I sent round an email to a fairly large circle of people asking if they had any ...
Primary School Partnerships - 17/Jun/2011 11:26 - 4920 days ago
Not long before our tropical disease-induced flit to the UK, I started going round some schools with a local education officer, ...
Cadbury Cocoa Partnership (CCP)– Skills Training - 17/Jun/2011 11:14 - 4920 days ago
Before Christmas it was obvious that the principal aim of my CCP role was never going to quite work out. During December I re-f...
Michael and Evin's Big Trip South - 16/Jun/2011 18:40 - 4921 days ago
We had the exquisite pleasure of the company of a couple of true gents during the last two weeks of our stay in Ghana. We also ...
Ability Bikes - 10/Jun/2011 07:26 - 4927 days ago
Ability Bikes is a bike mechanic and retail shop whose core business is to receive discarded or broken American and British bike...
Bumbling Tourists upgrade? - 16/May/2011 23:55 - 4952 days ago
Mike&Evin arrive tomorrow. Can't wait to see Evin in this heat ...b'Jeezuz......
Media-watch - 16/May/2011 23:32 - 4952 days ago
Lucy's review of Cape Coast's Fetu Afahye Festival is available online in the Herald Magazine 14th May edition. Unfortunately y...
Signs of God - 16/May/2011 22:53 - 4952 days ago
God plays a huge part in Ghanaian society. Just one of the many things that Britons have donated to the country.Most Christians...
So what on earth has Andy been doing apart from clogging up hospitals? - 16/May/2011 22:33 - 4952 days ago
Well, I was brought out here by VSO to work on the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership (CCP) with two main roles:1. Train VSO’s own proj...
Cain and Mabel...and Jesus - 16/May/2011 21:39 - 4952 days ago
An acknowledgement to Christmas and Hogmanay is slightly overdue on the blog. I hope you all had a top time wherever you are.We...
Phew, I'm about to begin again... - 16/May/2011 21:17 - 4952 days ago
Many apologies for the pathetic lack of updates the last few months. It was a bit upside down for a while and since that point ...
Snakes on wheels - 07/Mar/2011 09:52 - 5022 days ago
There is an extraordinarily light, dewy quality to the morning here if you can beat the sun. At 5.30am there is just enough ligh...
Malaria - 28/Feb/2011 17:43 - 5029 days ago
Having justified the right to write the Ghanaian blog whilst on a brief break in the UK, I realised it might be best to explain ...
Looking back - 28/Feb/2011 17:05 - 5029 days ago
It's most likely obvious to the majority but I've just realised - when pondering how to write the blog whilst on a rather unexpe...
Time - 17/Jan/2011 17:31 - 5071 days ago
IT is not that meetings, meals or buses start late here. Events begin when they are ready. Buses (or at least the tro-tro minibu...
You are the bumbling tourist (3) - 07/Dec/2010 14:04 - 5112 days ago
You are attending the final day of the funeral/ commemoration festival for the deceased Queen Mother of the Kwahu Tribe. Having...
You are the bumbling tourist (2) - 07/Dec/2010 14:03 - 5112 days ago
It is 10am. As you are finishing your late breakfast, you receive an urgent invite to the palace of the powerful local Chief fo...
You are the bumbling tourist (1) - 07/Dec/2010 13:57 - 5112 days ago
You are cycling to the funeral/ commemoration festival for the deceased Queen Mother of the Kwahu Tribe. You and your wife are ...
The Field - 15/Nov/2010 13:41 - 5134 days ago
For the last few weeks I’ve been visiting “the field”. Leaving the confines of the car honking, ear splitting, speaker boo...
Down in the Jungle... - 09/Nov/2010 22:52 - 5140 days ago
...people, particularly the obruni, are aliens.Our 20km trek through the rainforest of Ankasa in the Western Region felt like ru...
Local cold - 26/Oct/2010 23:26 - 5154 days ago
People in Ghana often casually mention that they have recently had a little malaria as if it is a cold, and soon go about their ...
Wisdom - 26/Oct/2010 23:22 - 5154 days ago
Wise man in Glasgow say: 'See man with machete, run mile'.Wise man in Koforidua say: 'See man with machete, ask him 'where cocon...
Journeys - 18/Oct/2010 12:51 - 5162 days ago
It's not so much that things are unknown here and that we don't speak the language, but there is generally an assumption that we...
The things I miss (food) - 04/Oct/2010 12:22 - 5176 days ago
Quite a few people have asked what we miss and it is tempting to reel off a long list of foodstuffs, shops, bars and restaurants...
Big trip to Tamale - 03/Oct/2010 15:06 - 5177 days ago
My first government junket took place this week in the form of a trip to the northern city of Tamale. The purpose was for my co...
Random football tops - 03/Oct/2010 15:05 - 5177 days ago
Most Ghanaians support one of the devilsome duo of Chelsea or Man Utd. However, my heart leapt with joy at the sight of a bicyc...
Things are always more complicated than they seem - 29/Sep/2010 11:56 - 5181 days ago
I imagine that the pace of life in Ghana is some kind of karma for my years of impatience and rushing about. I have tried walkin...
Hair and hospitality - 24/Sep/2010 13:41 - 5186 days ago
Greeting strangers is an art form here. The handshake - which involves shaking and clicking fingers almost simultaneously - is n...
Home from home - 20/Sep/2010 13:50 - 5190 days ago
The rain's hammering an audible trail across the hills. Thunder, like a child kick-starting a motorbike, signals another deluge....
People - 16/Sep/2010 22:57 - 5194 days ago
Our first week in Ghana was spent travelling on coaches, cars and Tro-tros and wandering round Accra, Cape Coast, Beyin, Ankasa ...
Acclimatising - 16/Sep/2010 22:16 - 5194 days ago
The aspects of life in Ghana which it seems easier to adjust to are not what I'd expected. The aptly named "bucket showers" are ...
Comments - 01/Sep/2010 22:38 - 5209 days ago
You can now add comments by clicking on the word 'comments' underneath each post. Andy...
Ready for the off - 31/Aug/2010 23:33 - 5210 days ago
After a whistlestop farewell tour of the UK (possibly more Happy Mondays than Abba in its profitability) we now reach the eve of...
Motivations - 22/Aug/2010 07:29 - 5219 days ago
11 days to go and the reality is hitting. Insomnia has set in (Andy is sleeping like a baby) and motivations are being questione...
Homeless - 17/Aug/2010 16:17 - 5224 days ago
We left the flat with a bit of a bang. Our fancy dress leaving party on Saturday night followed by 10 hours of packing and movi...
Packing up - 08/Aug/2010 09:02 - 5233 days ago
After a year of saving and planning, it's hard to believe that we're leaving in just a few weeks. Our flat looks like a fancy dr...
Our office - 03/Aug/2010 19:50 - 5238 days ago
We've now completed our final VSO UK training course. A very tough 4 days of self-analysis, and spongeing informaton. The cours...
Flights booked London to Accra on 2nd of September - 06/Jul/2010 00:42 - 5266 days ago
Less than 2 months left in Glasgow and it's all starting to feel a bit real now. So in a bid to maintain a high degree of procra...
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