To go to Togo
Crossing the border to Togo has become, somewhat surprisingly, a must-do on my bucket list. It’s funny how a move to a new country can change your travel desires. A few […]
Category Archives: Travel
Ebola: heartbreak, stupidity and bravery
This month, most of the avoidable and unnecessary setbacks in the fight to stop Ebola can be linked to stupidity. Unfortunately, history shows that stupidity is a pandemic, and, like […]
Ghanaian road signs simplified
If you’re not Ghanaian, and want to drive in Ghana, you have to get your Ghanaian licence. A reliable supplier of Novocain (for the town traffic) and more traditional styles of nose candy (for […]
What I did on my Christmas holidays!
Welcome to 2014! Another year done, another Christmas, another birthday passed. I’m a firm believer in not bemoaning another birthday, but being quietly thankful for another year passing. After all, […]
FIFOs and DIDOs.
85. That’s a rough estimate of the number of times THIS YEAR I have packed bags, packed cars or on those very lucky weeks, boarded planes to travel. Most of […]
it’s not really looking at all like Christmas
One of the advantages of living in Ghana, and I imagine any developing world or Muslim country, is that you don’t have to face the Christmas retail frenzy. Christmas trees […]
TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa
I thought I’d start a little series along the lines of TGIF – Thank God It’s Friday. Nutty things happen here all the time. Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re a […]
another trip to Kejetia market – the fabrics
I’ve had a rough few weeks of lets call it, cultural re-awakening. When you thought you had life in your foreign country under control, then the old culture shock creeps […]
Black Star Weekend
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 […]
While wending our way home
We don’t really think of ourselves as ‘resort’ type holiday people. Having said that, we are well versed in the phrase, never say never. To be perfectly honest our […]
six degrees north 