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Teaching an old dog new tricks

June 5, 2014by Chris 3 Comments

I’ve been MIA, I admit it. But you see, I’ve been out reinventing myself. Some days I’m a student, some days I’m a swimmer. Most days I’m a chauffer, short […]

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Accra, Africa, expat, school

Lest we forget

April 25, 2014by Chris 3 Comments

We woke in the darkness before dawn and drove through the rarely quiet streets of Accra this morning to Christiansborg War Cemetery to attend an ANZAC day dawn service. Like […]

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Accra, Australia, culture

Lessons learnt

April 15, 2014by Chris 14 Comments

Over the last few weeks I have been learning some important lessons, both from my recent university enrollment, and from the greatest teacher of them all…life. University has started and […]

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Accra, Africa, culture

WAWA – West Africa Wins Again*

March 21, 2014by Chris 24 Comments

I’m having one of those days, actually no, one of those weeks. A Ghana week. Now for most Ghanaians, a Ghana week, is just that, a week in Ghana. But […]

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Accra, expat, first world problems

Home, places in the heart

March 10, 2014by Chris 6 Comments

Since moving overseas I have become intrigued with the concept of home. About the ties that bind us to a place, even if that place has not been ‘home’ for […]

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Africa, new home

TGIA – White Man’s Decoration

February 28, 2014by Chris 2 Comments

{TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa, is my weekly look at the weird and wonderful things that happen when you’re living in Africa.  Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re a little dangerous, […]

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TGIA

Think what 2 years can bring – Ghanaversary #2

February 21, 2014by Chris 3 Comments

We’ve never been Valentine’s Day people. I know it’s all very sweet to share the love and all, but it’s always struck me as a Hallmark sort of holiday. As […]

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expat, Ghana

TGIA – let’s take a drive

February 7, 2014by Chris 12 Comments

{TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa, is my weekly look at the weird and wonderful things that happen when you’re living in Africa.  Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re a little dangerous, […]

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Accra, Africa, driving, Driving adventures, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, places to visit in Ghana, TGIA

Life in Accra – Lost on Tettah Quarshie

February 5, 2014by Chris 8 Comments

It’s amazing the difference 200kms can make. We’ve been living in Accra now for three weeks. School has started. I am no longer terrified of Tettah Quarshrie interchange. We have […]

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Accra, Africa, expat, Ghana, new home

TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa

January 24, 2014by Chris 1 Comment

{TGIA is my weekly look at the weird and wonderful things that happen when you’re living in Africa.  Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re a little dangerous, sometimes they’re a heady combination […]

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Africa, culture, TGIA

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