How to get your hair done – GHANA style. By Cecily
Almost everyone in Ghana wears their hair in braid with fake hair extensions or even wears wigs. It took us ages to realise that everyone had fake hair! There are […]
Category Archives: the differences
you live where?!?
Over the last several weeks we’ve spent a lot of time looking at new places to live once school returns, we’ve given directions to new expats in Kumasi, I’ve drawn […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A true story, part II. Or is it possible to learn from our mistakes?
Hi Chrissie here. The kids and I are having a sweet sweet time in the Paris, but I thought I’d fill you in on our next exciting adventure of buying […]
A true story. I hope you enjoy it. I didn’t.
Human en·tro·py/ˈ(h)yo͞omən ˈentrəpē/ Human Entropy. Noun: lack of order or predictability caused by decisions; gradual decline into disorder caused by people. It was a hot, humid Friday morning. Plane tickets […]
six degrees north 