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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

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

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

FIFOs and DIDOs.

December 4, 2013by Chris 9 Comments

85. That’s a rough estimate of the number of times THIS YEAR I have packed bags, packed cars or on those very lucky weeks, boarded planes to travel. Most of […]

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driving, expat, FIFO, Ghana, Travel

Our neighbourhood.

October 31, 2013by Chris 2 Comments

    In Kumasi we live in a new, large, white apartment block, imposingly fresh on the join between two roads; one asphalt, one dirt. During the day I park […]

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Children, Ghana, new home

you live where?!?

June 27, 2013by Chris 6 Comments

Over the last several weeks we’ve spent a lot of time looking at new places to live once school returns, we’ve given directions to new expats in Kumasi, I’ve drawn […]

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culture, expat, first impressions, Ghana, the differences

How long does the culture shock?

April 3, 2013by Chris 14 Comments

I seem to have lost my voice. I think it is due to the reality of our second year, our new living arrangements, and compounded by an absence of the […]

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Children, culture, emigration, expat, Ghana, Kumasi

one year

February 15, 2013by Chris 17 Comments

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. […]

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Ashanti, Children, culture, expat, first impressions, Ghana, Konongo, Kumasi, new home, Uncategorized

What do you miss?

November 11, 2012by Chris 8 Comments

Well we are coming up to 9 months away from home now. The acutely painfull homesickness has passed, as has the thrill of the new. Both replaced by a sense […]

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emigration, expat, leaving

Obama fever

November 8, 2012by Chris 2 Comments

Oh-bama! While the election is not ours, and by ours I mean the rest of the world, it’s been impossible to ignore hasn’t it? Impossible not to form some sort […]

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culture, emigration, expat, Ghana, the differences

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