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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

School report

September 23, 2012by Chris 7 Comments

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. […]

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Children, culture, emigration, expat, first impressions, Ghana, new home, school, Schooling in Ghana, Uncategorized

You know you’re back in West Africa when…

September 12, 2012by Chris 3 Comments

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 […]

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Ashanti, culture, emigration, expat, new home, places to visit in Ghana, the differences, Uncategorized

Galamsay Miners

August 6, 2012by Chris 5 Comments

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 […]

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expat, Ghana, Uncategorized

Part of our daily lives in Ghana – the toll

July 22, 2012by Chris 8 Comments

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 […]

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Ashanti, expat, first impressions, food, Ghana, Konongo, Kumasi, new home, shopping, Uncategorized

Konongo kitchen – or 101 ways with tomatoes

July 18, 2012by Chris 2 Comments

As I said in my last post, we are adapting not only to a whole new way of shopping, but also a much changed shopping list. There are no longer […]

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cooking, expat, food, Greece, new home, recipes, Uncategorized

We’re back.

July 3, 2012by Chris Leave a comment

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 […]

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culture, emigration, first impressions, games, Ghana, sport, Uncategorized

Kicking back in Kythera

June 30, 2012by Chris 7 Comments

After our trip about the Peleponnese, we headed to Kythera island. Kythera is the island which hangs off the bottom (that sounds gross!) of the Peleponnese, and while officially an […]

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Children, Greece, Travel, travelling with children, travelling with kids, Uncategorized

Paris!

June 11, 2012by Chris 8 Comments

Ok, it’s impossible to write about the cultured beauty of Paris without resorting to cliches. I loved it. A city populated with stunning architecture, red geraniums, boulangeries, book shops (yes, […]

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Children, culture, Paris, Travel, Uncategorized

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