School report
A sure sign that we are back into the swing of things, is that school is back. There are some very siginificant differences between schooling in Ghana and in Australia. […]
Category Archives: Ghana
Photo of the week
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done a photo of the week but couldn’t resist this cute little 3 wheeled van. Most advertising signs in Ghana are beautifully handpainted […]
Galamsay Miners
Galamsay mining is informal or artisanal mining, and is also called small scale mining. The word galamsay is a variant of ‘gather and sell’. Over 1,000,000 Ghanains gather, and a […]
All by myself…
Well, Chrissie and the kids are off again – this time making tracks to a cooler climate, Australia. Actually, the heat here has backed right off and it is contstantly […]
Part of our daily lives in Ghana – the toll
On the road between Konongo and Kumasi is a toll. It has become one of the daily fixtures of our lives. Not the impersonal “beep” as the toll reader in […]
Have you done the groceries?
One of the joys of travelling, hell, one of the joys of life, is eating and trying new foods. But moving to a new country whose palate and cuisine is […]
Flora nad fauna.
Hello guys! Bill again. Yes, yes. I missed you too. I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the odd flora and fauna that calls Ghana home. […]
Greece v Ghana
Bill again. Greece and Ghana. Athens, Greece vs Accra, Ghana; Kythera vs Konongo; Feta vs Fufu. Has our trip to Greece, in reality, been a trip to a parallel universe? […]
We’re back.
And what better way to settle into our Ghanaian home than to watch a few games of football between the mine teams in celebration of Ghana’s Republic day holiday. You […]
Photo of the week
Well, It has been a long week, but I’ve enjoyed my stint at the helm of Konongos premiere Australian-Ghanaian blog while chrissie mooches around Paris with the kids (arguably a […]
six degrees north 