KirstieinGhana

So im having an 'i cant wait to get to Ghana' week this week. getting very excited about it all!!! sent off my Visa app form this week. it cost me £78 all together inc. special delivery. say whaaaaaaaaat?? bit worried my passport is going to get lost in the post- and then i will have to leg it to London a MILLION times to get a new passport AND new visa. hopefully not. watch this space. went shopping today. got my sleeping bag for the overland tour- and poss the house if the bedding isnt comfy- although apparently the temp drops about 2 degrees from the day to the night in Ghana so i doubt i will need it somehow!!! SA is meant to be alot colder in the night- the Oasis overland people say ... read more

So this is my first ever blog entry. Im going to Ghana in January to teach, travel and work in an orphanage with Projects Abroad- which is a volunteer company. VERY expensive way of doing it- but it means that i get the security of staff in the country, homestay which has been checked out, and everything organised for me. why am i going? Well I went to Kenya for a month at the end of my first Gap year in 2006. it was AMAZING! I did a big mix of everything- starting in a school building a library, then going to Mwalugangie an elephant sanctuary where we made poo paper, safari, and a week on the beach doing watersports and working in a sacred forest, and finally ending up at the Colobus trust working for ... read more