Harmattan
With rain threatening over the last few days, I thought I’d better get going on a post about Harmattan. Harmattan is technically the name of a West African trade wind, […]
Tag Archives: Kumasi
a trip to the smash repair shop
Thrilling, huh? I’m surprised you’re still with me. Since we bought our little car, I have spent a somewhat disappointing, although at times enlightening, amount of time in car-related stores. […]
one year
Yesterday, Valentines Day, is one year since we arrived in Ghana as a family. I hardly know where to begin to make sense of this year and our new life. […]
Mystery item of the week
We are having airconditioning installed in our little car. So, I was following a driver from the mine where Bill works to the aircon shop. This is lucky for several […]
A morning drive in Kumasi
Hi there. It’s been a while, but we’ve been busy. If you can call running in every tightening circles busy. Last week was spectacularly average, actually far worse than average. […]
what makes you happy?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
