a chair fit for a Queen
Hi there, Do you like my new chair? Beautiful huh? I bought it yesterday in Konongo from a store which sells all manner of ‘chiefly’ items. How cool is that? […]
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 […]
School report
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. […]
Photo of the week
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done a photo of the week but couldn’t resist this cute little 3 wheeled van. Most advertising signs in Ghana are beautifully handpainted […]
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 […]
Galamsay Miners
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 […]
All by myself…
Well, Chrissie and the kids are off again – this time making tracks to a cooler climate, Australia. Actually, the heat here has backed right off and it is contstantly […]
Part of our daily lives in Ghana – the toll
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 […]
Konongo kitchen – or 101 ways with tomatoes
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 […]
six degrees north 