How long does the culture shock?
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 […]
Category Archives: emigration
Mystery item of the week
We are having airconditioning installed in our little car. So, I was following a driver from the mine where Bill works to the aircon shop. This is lucky for several […]
A true story — part three
{a true story are our irregular instalments chronicling some of the ‘challenges’ we’ve faced in day to day life here in Ghana, as we struggle to get our heads around […]
a trip to the beach
One of the main things I miss about living in Newcastle is the beach. I don’t just miss swimming in the ocean, Friday night fish and chips on the beach, […]
the other side of the tracks
Between Accra and Kumasi is a rail line. A rail line which has not been used, for trains at least, for a long, long time. It has fallen into disrepair […]
What do you miss?
Well we are coming up to 9 months away from home now. The acutely painfull homesickness has passed, as has the thrill of the new. Both replaced by a sense […]
Obama fever
Oh-bama! While the election is not ours, and by ours I mean the rest of the world, it’s been impossible to ignore hasn’t it? Impossible not to form some sort […]
what makes you happy?
So what does make you happy? And why do I have an apparently random picture of a pretty average road? There are the universal precepts of happiness: friends, family, meaningful […]
photo of the week – a community service announcement
Can you imagine this sign on the streets of Sydney? New York? London? Overwhelmingly Ghana is a very polite society. Sure you hear raised voices and of course violence does […]
a chair fit for a Queen
Hi there, Do you like my new chair? Beautiful huh? I bought it yesterday in Konongo from a store which sells all manner of ‘chiefly’ items. How cool is that? […]
six degrees north 