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Category Archives: Children

Endings, Beginnings and Hope for the future

December 19, 2013by Chris 7 Comments

  Had we not chosen to leave Australia and embark on this African experience our eldest daughter would have just finished primary school. She would have joined her oldest and […]

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Children, expat, leaving, school

Our neighbourhood.

October 31, 2013by Chris 2 Comments

    In Kumasi we live in a new, large, white apartment block, imposingly fresh on the join between two roads; one asphalt, one dirt. During the day I park […]

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Children, Ghana, new home

get into the groove

September 2, 2013by Chris 1 Comment

Holidays are officially over and reality is here. Time to get back into the groove. This means school, it means seeing dad on the weekends and dealing with mum swearing […]

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Children, expat, new home, school, Schooling in Ghana, Uncategorized

Max the monkey

August 27, 2013by Chris 18 Comments

We’ve got a new pet! Crazy right? He was our best kept secret…since we arrived back in Ghana we’ve told the kids there was a surprise coming. And coming and […]

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animals, Children, expat, Ghana, new home, pets

Home.

July 6, 2013by Chris 2 Comments

After the sleep deprived movie marathon otherwise known as the Accra-Sydney flight connection, we are home. Home home we call it. The place you slip into like an old pair […]

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Children, expat, Newcastle, Travel

How to get your hair done – GHANA style. By Cecily

June 28, 2013by Chris 5 Comments

Almost everyone in Ghana wears their hair in braid with fake hair extensions or even wears wigs. It took us ages to realise that everyone had fake hair! There are […]

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Children, Ghana, places to visit in Ghana, the differences, travelling with children, travelling with kids

Mumbo Italiano

April 22, 2013by Chris 11 Comments

I thought I’d better give a little recap of our whirlwind trip to Italy before it all becomes a very pleasant, but distant memory. Did you know that there are […]

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Children, expat, food, Italy, Travel, travelling with children, travelling with kids, Uncategorized

Three coins in the fountain

April 13, 2013by Chris 4 Comments

The children and I have just spent 9 days in Italy. A big part of me – the responsible-eldest daughter-guilt prone part of me, almost didn’t want to write about […]

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Children, culture, Travel, travelling with children, travelling with kids

How long does the culture shock?

April 3, 2013by Chris 14 Comments

I seem to have lost my voice. I think it is due to the reality of our second year, our new living arrangements, and compounded by an absence of the […]

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Children, culture, emigration, expat, Ghana, Kumasi

one year

February 15, 2013by Chris 17 Comments

Yesterday, Valentines Day, is one year since we arrived in Ghana as a family. I hardly know where to begin to make sense of this year and our new life. […]

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Ashanti, Children, culture, expat, first impressions, Ghana, Konongo, Kumasi, new home, Uncategorized

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