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 […]
Category Archives: expat
Bonnes fêtes
Hi there, Happy new year! We hope everyone has had a great, relaxing holiday season. We’ve just returned to Ghana from a really wonderful few weeks in Switzerland and France. […]
It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas…
Well, it’s not really, but I thought it funny the only time I have seen turkeys in Ghana has been this week at the post office, where I went to […]
Ghana votes
[The election in Ghana was last weekend, but with a string of internet troubles, losing three drafts of this post and, to be honest, a severe case of lassitude, I’m […]
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 […]
a journey – part 2
This is Part 2 of my journey to a Ghanaian funeral. Read Part 1 here. The morning of the funeral, we rose so early the world was still dark. As […]
a journey
Nearly two weeks ago the lovely man who worked in our house unexpectedly, tragically died. He was a good, kind, gentle man; quick to smile. He leaves behind a wife […]
six degrees north 