Blogs from Central, Ghana, Africa - page 13

Just after we went to bed the hunter came back with a grasscutter he had caught. We all went out for a look and even dared to touch it. lol... read more

The Ghana Totality caper. (Experienced on 29th March 2006) Going to Ghana wasn't something I'd ever considered, so when I answered Dr. Peter Martinez's phone call the last thing I expected was to be invited to join the South African team from SAAO to fly up to view a solar eclipse at the University of the Cape Coast in Ghana. I'd once, in December 2002, tried to view a solar eclipse. We'd driven from Cape Town to Limpopo Province in the far North of the country, a three day drive, but had been thwarted by cloud. At the time I'd thought that that was the last opportunity I'd ever have to view totality, but thundering down the runway towards totality, I realise that I was totally wrong. Ghana. An unknown quantity. Surfing the web doesn't answer ... read more

Well, it's been a long time since our last blog entry! We've tried a few times, but internet access has been so difficult in Ghana we've waited till we got to Dubai to add this. Either the internet has been so slow as to be useless, or the keyboard has had most of the letters rubbed off, or the symbols written on the keys bear no relation to the symbol that appears on the screen, or the best explanation we've heard for the non-availability of service has been the weather. The internet in Ghana apparently doesn't like it too hot!! Luckily the web in Dubai is obviously made of sterner stuff, and is prepared to brave the 37C and 50% humidity, for probably longer than we are, in the non-airconditioned internet cafe just round from our ... read more

Sooooo I am HERE!! It is ridiculous - I still feel like the full gravity of the fact that I am in Ghana has not yet hit me. So quick run through of what I have been up to: arrived in Accra on Friday night (it is dark outside by 6:30 pm each night) and made it through customs easily to be greeted by Aunty Nana, our academic director. Then we went to a hostel in Accra for food and introductions and sleep. The very next morning we loaded up on a bus (about 16 of us) and drove the 3 hours to Cape Coast, our home away from home. The first few nights in Cape Coast we stayed at Jacaranda Guest House which was... interesting. My roomie (Jocelyn from Carleton) and I picked out what ... read more

Heya everyone I'm back in Burkina now, but I promised a rundown of my holiday. So here it is! So I arrived in Accra on the 8th with no drama whatsoever, which was nice. Chantal was waiting for me at the airport, and we went directly to the house of our colleague who was nice enough to put us up. He's got this enormous but largely unfurnished house in Accra, and we gladly crashed on a couple of mattresses on the floor for free. :) Chantal had already been in town a few days, so she took me out to show me the town a bit. Taxis are super cheap there, about $2 so it's really convenient to get around. At some point we decided it would be fun to get hair extensions (see previous post) ... read more