http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Miss-Jones/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Miss Jones en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:31:19 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:31:19 +0000 Well this is it my last blog entry....I leave Ghana this Friday evening and arrive back home 11.30am the following Saturday...i cannot wait get butterfies in my stomach when i think of seeing family and friends again. Although I have enjoyed my time in Africa immensely 3 months is just the right amount of time to be away from homeNot much has happened since my last blog. I spent my last week http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-268905.html im going to start again with a massive apology for not writing any more blogs for a while Ive already had my lovely father pestering me about it on my weekly phonecalls home but to be honest nothing major has happened since last time. I dont have lots of different stories to tell unlike those who are travelling all over the world..all my stories revolve around the children and I dont want to bor http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-265391.html im so sorry again for the late blog updates my dad keeps telling me to put more stuff up but its just finding the time so i apologise once moreok now for some more stories...we took the opportunity of the easter bank holiday in ghana to take a trip along the east coast somewhere that i hadnt explored yet. We took friday off from the orphanage and caught a tro to a place called Ada Foah...a li http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-260046.html Hello again...so sorry that Ive not updated my blog for a while been a very busy bee these past few weeks so heres the next installment..Ive been touring around Ghana for a couple of days last weekend with my organisation..it started at 5am Friday morning when we set off in our air conditioned van thank goodness to our first port of call..the town of Kumasi.In Kumasi we visited the King of the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-255442.html Hello again Managed to escape for the weekend to Cape Coast with 6 other volunteers. Its about 2 and a half hours away from Accra and the bus journey took us along the edge of the coast line. I saw a completely different side to Ghana in Cape Coast sometimes the hustle and bustle of city life becomes a bit overwhelming and it was absolutely lovely to see something green We set off at 3pm Frid http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-249978.html Fortunately there are no other sad stories to tell this time ... an update on Abdoussalam though he has been to the British Embassay and I think they are fixing him up with a Ghanian passport. I cant remember what I said about his mother and sisters but fortunately they are not dead but he cant find them in any of the refugee camps .. so he's still looking for them he continues to smile and lau http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-247907.html When I first set up this travel blog I didnt think that I would have much to report everytime I managed to get to an internet cafe but I was completely wrong Something interesting or something new happens everyday.....not enough time or patience for me to write everything down but I'll try...When I arrived at the orphanage on Thursday there was a little boy sat under the tree playing with the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-246574.html again this is going to be a really short entry as time is running short on the computorAfter this blog im going to try and write about things in a chronological order...much easier but for this one im just going to write down some of the highlights so far....The Sunday after I arrived in Ghana the 3rd we visited a Church situated at the childrens home. Even before we had stepped into the room http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/blog-245502.html well hi everyone sorry it has taken me so long to publish an entry on the travel blog...my first week here has been so busy that ive not had the chance to sit down and write about what ive been up too...guess there is only one way to start...from the beginningI arrived late on friday 1st February about 10pm the first thing to hit me was the heat..after leaving a very cold Manchester with a ho http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-244745.html