A boy and his trusty machete
Coconuts are in abundance on the coast -- in two shakes a small boy will shimmy up a tree and use his matchete to cut open a coconut for you.
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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... [read more]
Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... [read more] Blog: All work and no play....
Date: March 29th 2008
I’m sitting in an internet Cafe in Tamale - less than 12 hours after arriving on the STC bus. In the few hours I’ve been back my skin has managed to break into a heat rash - I believe it is protesting my leaving the beaches of Ghana for the dry and dusty Savannah that I now call home. For Easter a group of us volunteer types from Tamale made a break for the coast. After a series of long bu ... read more
Date: March 29th 2008
I’m sitting in an internet Cafe in Tamale - less than 12 hours after arriving on the STC bus. In the few hours I’ve been back my skin has managed to break into a heat rash - I believe it is protesting my leaving the beaches of Ghana for the dry and dusty Savannah that I now call home. For Easter a group of us volunteer types from Tamale made a break for the coast. After a series of long bu ... read more
