http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/DozzeeInGhana/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from DozzeeInGhana en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:50:04 +0000 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:50:04 +0000 As Irsquom drawing toward to the end of my stay here I thought Irsquod write a list of things I will and wonrsquot miss to remind me of both the good and bad timesIrsquoll list the things I will miss last to end on a more positive noteWonrsquot missbull Obruni prices.bull Major traffic jams.bull Risk of falling into an open sewer at night.bull The smell of open sewers.bull http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-434357.html I love to read trotro slogans and shop names here in Ghana lots are religious lots are funny some are confusing and some make you think but they definitely make travelling around more interesting Anyway so it may be a bit geeky but I thought I'd compile a list of some of the best one's I've seen so far and add a few photos of the ones I've managed to capture you need to be a bit careful just http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/blog-432386.html On 7th August I travelled to Beyin Beach Resort with four other volunteers Hollie Claire Hugo and Callum from where we would visit Nzulezu Stilt Village by canoe accros the Amansuri Wetlands. We had a pleasant STC bus journey about four hours west along the coast to Takoradi where we stopped for a nice lunch in a German restaurant and also got 10 off our bill for paying in cash and not nee http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Western/Sekondi-Takoradi/blog-428176.html Well some of the week anyway Thought I would try and keep a diary this week to show a typical week but I'm not very good at keeping them or writing things down at the time so some days may look pretty emptyMonday 10thth August I was going to go to the baby unit as usual in the morning but found out that the immigration office closes at 1pm so I had to go there in the morning instead I didn't http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-427614.html Thursday 23rd July 2009Me Fionnuala Emilie Seewon and Chidinma set off on the estimated 14 hour journey it would turn out to be much more than this to Mole National Park in northern Ghana. We had bought STC coach tickets a few days before and the bus was supposed to leave at 8am but it didn't even turn up until 930 so we were hanging around for about 2 hours. The bus cost the equivalent of http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-425025.html This is list of observations compiled with the help of Fionnuala of observations on life in Ghana I will add to it as time goes by... Everyone loves Jesus a lot They show this in the form of shop names and religious slogans and favourite Bible verses on the back of tros and taxis. People will carry anything on their heads. People will sell anything from the top of their heads. Toyota Co http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-424121.html When I first came to Ghana I spent everyday in the baby unit where the children range from newborn to about 3 years old although wersquore not actually sure if the Aunties know the exact or proper ages of all the children because they told us one girl was 3 and a half but a piece of paper that we saw said she was 1 year 1 month yet she can walk properly and has a full set of teeth hmmm. To http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-420109.html We Aishu Fionnuala and I sacrificed a liein and got up early on Saturday 11th July to get a tro to Tema Station in Accra to catch another one from there to Kofiridua and travel on to Boti Falls. Unfortunately our travel plans coincided with Barack Obamarsquos visit to Accraand most of the main roads were closed to traffic including the road next to ours just off the main Labadi Road wh http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-418576.html On Friday 3rd July 09 me Fionnuala and Aishu left to go Ada Foah a little paradise on a peninsula of the Volta estuary which can only really be reached by boat or a hefty trek from the mainland. We went to Tema Station in Accra to try and catch up with the others about 10 of them but by the time we got there they had already got on a tro so we had to wait for the next one to Ashaiman an http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-415931.html Hi everyone Not updated for a few days now haven't been in an internet cafe for long enough to write much Some days have been eventful others not soAs some people may already know a week ago today last Thursday I got mugged Me and my roomate Aishu were just outside another set of volunteers house when a guy who was walking towards us came over and said Hi girls as many people do then http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-414549.html On Saturday 20th I made a last minute decision to go to Cape Coast with 2 other girls and so had a mad rush to the STC bus station almost comparable to National Express to get a bus ticket before they all ran out then rushed back home to pack a bag and meet the other 2 girls to rush back to the station to catch the bus which surprise surprise didn't leave on time anyway The taxi ride t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Central/Cape-Coast/blog-411892.html Probably just a quick entry today as not feeling 100 and heading home to try and eat some dinner soon Lots of us volunteers went to a reggae beach party on Labadi beach on Wednesday night which was really cool lots of cool people and a few hasslers but good music and scenery. But I ate some of a spicy sausage kebab and was so ill yesterday couldn't stop being sick and spent all day in bed a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/Korle-Bu/blog-410217.html Probably just a quick entry today as not feeling 100 and heading home to try and eat some dinner soon Lots of us volunteers went to a reggae beach party on Labadi beach on Wednesday night which was really cool lots of cool people and a few hasslers but good music and scenery. But I ate some of a spicy sausage kebab and was so ill yesterday couldn't stop being sick and spent all day in bed a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-410226.html Hi everyone We had torrential rain all night from about 2am onwards last night it's getting towards the end of the rainy season here and it was still tipping it down at 7 this morning consequently there are more mosquitos around and I have been bitten a fair few times today didn't get bitten at all last night Aishu my roommate gave me the good news that the toilet was flushing we were us http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-409114.html ...Please excuse my typos in previous blog...and also internet is ridiculously slow compared to home Facebook took about 15 mins to load so please bear with me lol. x x x x x x http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-408740.html Hi everyoneArrived safely along with my bags Had a good flight after what seemed like a shaky start with a handcuffed Ghanaian women on the plane who was being deported along with 3 escorts...seemed a bit excessive at first but she was completely hysterical and shouting saying we didn't know how lucky we were to have British passports and the proceded to call everyone racist. After about 15 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-408739.html Hi everyone welcome to my travel blogThis time on sunday I will have just arrived at Kotoko Airport in Accra and will no doubt be greated by heat and mosquitosI can't guarantee how often I will update this but I will aim to do it once a week if not more So... please suscribe to my blog and await the next installment...Dorothy http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-407674.html