Blogs from Ashanti, Ghana, Africa - page 5

Hoping for a "photo blog" as an update. Here goes ... 4th, 5th, 6th grades were invited to church in town to perform their Christmas play "The Birth of Christ". The 'cast' squeezed into our house for the night. We were really on overflow. It was a great time for all of us! They did amazingly well. Lots of giggles. Lots of laughs and no mistake (smile). The best little house mouse we ever had became our Christmas Mouse. It was such a good little mouse but non-the-less a mouse in the house. Kirk had tried to trap the little thing for months to no avail. Then one day, I found it lieing peacefully under our tiny table top christmas tree and next to "Sandy" the puppy in a basket. I fear if I delay posting ... read more

Nu begint het toch wel echt spannend te worden! Nog maar 2 weken en ik zit, hoogstwaarschijnlijk met een heleboel Ghanezen, in het vliegtuig, op naar de zon, een onbekend land, andere cultuur, ander eten en natuurlijk vrijwilligerswerk. Ik zal 5 weken bij Tamarinde Daycare in Kokobeng (in de buurt van Kumasi) verblijven. Alle belangrijkste voorbereidingen zijn bijna rond. Alleen m'n paspoort zwerft nog ergens in Nederland rond, hopelijk met visum voor Ghana en onderweg naar mijn brievenbus!! Ik ben zo benieuwd wat me allemaal te wachten staat. Want ik kan nog zoveel dingen lezen uit boeken en van internet, foto's en filmpjes bekijken, het zal uiteindelijk toch heel anders zijn als ik er ben! Maar ik heb er in ieder geval al ontzettend veel zin in! Jullie kunnen me volgen via deze blog, reacties zijn ... read more

Stayed my first night at the KNUST Guest House in Accra. Then took Public transportation to Kumasi. Much like taking a Gray hound. Long trip (about 7 hours) over some extremely bad roads. A communication mix up had me waiting by the side of the road for about 2 1/2 hours for someone to pick me up. Didn't get worried until darkness set in. Strange place,strange people all around (knowing I'm not from Kumasi, or even Ghana), no place to sit and trying to keep my luggage close to me.... read more

I just found out about this Blog from my daughter, Mymique who is visiting me here in Kumasi. This is much simpler than what I was trying to do. I will be going back to post things I have already done, besides adding new things, but I will identify what's new and what's "already history". I hope you will enjoy my Internship and the NEW "cultural awareness I am developing.... read more

Day 3 - Today I was on time for school and got a surprise when I got there. On Wednesdays all the children stand in line to sing and dance to spirituals (church songs). They are very religious. I did not want to go to a line so a teacher came up to me and asked me where I should I be I said I don't know and he took me and put me in a line. After the singing we went to our class and it was another long day of sitting in a small hard desk. ... read more