It’s been a long time coming, but internet or computer shutdowns due to power failures & sorting out 2 months worth of mail + Tax when we got back have been frustrating to say the least. To sum up Morocco - Mint tea….. & Tiles! We were met by our driver “Ahmed” & are driven to the Al Djeema mosque. The minaret is some 150ft tall with a green dome top, over looking the coastline. Non Muslims are not allowed inside, but we can see into the through huge carved wooden doors & arches. There are mosaic tiles everywhere, on [View Full Entry]

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Hi all Life is frustrating! Beteen the internet & trying to get anything done, it drives me nuts! But this entry is about a few of the favourite things I have enjoyed in the last month, not venting my frustrations - there's too many. My shaving experience - i have shared with some of you already, so i'll recap. The Barber shop is a 6' by 8' ramshackle wooden shack on the main street with three plastic chairs for waiting customers. The appointment book is not anywhere to be seen, so i sit & wait for the previous victim to be [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, We've moved to New Abiriem, 4hrs North of Accra in Ghana. It's tiny, one shop with supplies, but numerous other stalls or converted shipping containers with electical goods or latex foam matresses or pre-paid mobile phone cards. We live just 5 minute walk outside the village, which has about 1500 residents. New Abiriem is about 6 degrees north of the equator, so we are in dry season at the moment. That means 30C/85F days with 60% humidity - it's always sticky. It's rained twice since I arrived, heavy downpours that are short & sweet. There are 2 market days, [View Full Entry]

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