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 […]
Tag Archives: new home
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A true story, part II. Or is it possible to learn from our mistakes?
Hi Chrissie here. The kids and I are having a sweet sweet time in the Paris, but I thought I’d fill you in on our next exciting adventure of buying […]
Photo of the week
Always intrigued and amused by the transport in Ghana, here is a truck carrying hundreds of bicycles. Some will be left in Kumasi to be sold. The remainder will be […]
One of these kids is not like the other…
Way back in March we visited Accra for a mental health weekend, and our driver Mohammed (a father himself) suggested we visit ‘the baboons’. After paying an entrance fee and a […]
six degrees north 