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Category Archives: Kumasi

TGIA – let’s take a drive

February 7, 2014by Chris 12 Comments

{TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa, is my weekly look at the weird and wonderful things that happen when you’re living in Africa.  Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re a little dangerous, […]

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Accra, Africa, driving, Driving adventures, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, places to visit in Ghana, TGIA

Leaving Kumasi: reflections, obervations and a list

January 22, 2014by Chris 10 Comments

A lifetime ago I worked on a northern Australian cattle station. One of those places so huge they dwarf small European countries and their annual cattle muster is done by […]

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Africa, Ghana, Kumasi, leaving

Black Star Weekend

September 9, 2013by Chris 4 Comments

Going to a football match in Ghana has always been on our bucket list for our time here. The roaring crowds, the passionate commentary, the electric atmosphere…and, yes I’m sorry […]

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culture, expat, games, Ghana, Kumasi, places to visit in Ghana, Travel

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

Harmattan

February 23, 2013by Chris 6 Comments

With rain threatening over the last few days, I thought I’d better get going on a post about Harmattan. Harmattan is technically the name of a West African trade wind, […]

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Ashanti, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, weather

a trip to the smash repair shop

February 22, 2013by Chris 6 Comments

Thrilling, huh? I’m surprised you’re still with me. Since we bought our little car, I have spent a somewhat disappointing, although at times enlightening, amount of time in car-related stores. […]

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culture, Driving adventures, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, Travel, Uncategorized

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

A morning drive in Kumasi

February 4, 2013by Chris 4 Comments

Hi there. It’s been a while, but we’ve been busy. If you can call running in every tightening circles busy. Last week was spectacularly average, actually far worse than average. […]

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culture, expat, Ghana, Kumasi

what makes you happy?

October 26, 2012by Chris 4 Comments

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 […]

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Children, emigration, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, new home, transport, Travel, Uncategorized

photo of the week – a community service announcement

October 19, 2012by Chris 3 Comments

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 […]

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culture, emigration, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, new home, photo of the week, the differences, Uncategorized

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