Leaving Kumasi: reflections, obervations and a list
A lifetime ago I worked on a northern Australian cattle station. One of those places so huge they dwarf small European countries and their annual cattle muster is done by […]
Tag Archives: markets
TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa
This week’s TGIA is brought to you by all the colour, chaos and retail opportunities of Kejetia Market and a puppeteer I met there. Yesterday I was on one of […]
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 […]
the other side of the tracks
Between Accra and Kumasi is a rail line. A rail line which has not been used, for trains at least, for a long, long time. It has fallen into disrepair […]
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 […]
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 […]
Have you done the groceries?
One of the joys of travelling, hell, one of the joys of life, is eating and trying new foods. But moving to a new country whose palate and cuisine is […]
photo of the week
A young girl working at Konongo markets. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
A normal day?
I dropped off the children at school this morning and did a spot of grocery shopping on my way home. It felt almost normal…. …until I went to pick […]
trips to the big smoke…Kumasi
Hi there, It’s been a while since I’ve written, not that we haven’t been up to things, we have, but I’ve been taking such rubbish photos that it’s put me […]
six degrees north 