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 […]
Category Archives: places to visit in Ghana
The biggest market in West Africa!
Everyday is market day in Kumasi, courtesy of the sprawling, self contained metropolis that is Kejetia Market. Reputedly the biggest market in West Africa, it boasts a staggering 10,000 stallholders […]
Getting there in Ghana.
Transport in Ghana is a cross between Mad Max and Wacky Races. The main road between Accra and Kumasi (the 2nd city) and the road along the coast are generally […]
You know you’re back in West Africa when…
You are wished ‘God Bless You’ more times in a week than in your first 39 years You put on bug repellant to go out and night to feed the […]
60 different things about Ghana*
*according to us (it started as 20 things, but grew a bit). 1. People really do carry things in their heads…food, wood, water, generators, everything. Their posture is fantastic. But […]
One of these kids is not like the other…
Way back in March we visited Accra for a mental health weekend, and our driver Mohammed (a father himself) suggested we visit ‘the baboons’. After paying an entrance fee and a […]
Kente cloth…the fabric of kings
Kente cloth is the cloth of West African kings, although it is now used by many at any important occaision. It is made by the Akan people of Ghana and […]
A Sunday drive…Lake Bosomtwe
Hi there. Each Sunday Bill manages to not work, well, you know, he can’t help himself, so he pops in for an hour, and then we have a family day. […]
trips to the big smoke…Kumasi
Hi there, It’s been a while since I’ve written, not that we haven’t been up to things, we have, but I’ve been taking such rubbish photos that it’s put me […]
six degrees north 