 | FC Nania Football..
2006-12-02, Accra, Ghana. By: Mollie88 | | Today is one of the last sundays I get to spending in Ghana.. It's so sad.. I cannot imagine not waking up and seeing the beautiful traditional dresses worn to church, and getting the redundant press... |
| | | |  | Alone in Accra (not as bad as it sounds)
2006-12-02, Accra, Ghana. By: fishman | | Still no contact with either Dr.Nyako or WWOOF. I've sent an email to another volunteer organization--a little more touristy--but have yet to receive word from them either. For now I'm looking to down... |
| | | |  | Africa is nuts (or should I say bananas?)
2006-12-01, Accra, Ghana. By: fishman | | What the hell have I got myself into? HAH! I arrived at 9pm to 70 degree heat and 120% humidity. On the plane I met an international law professor from GW, which I found ironic...or maybe a sign. Sinc... |
| | | | | Post Office adventure
2006-10-06, Accra, Ghana. By: Mollie88 | | Today was probably the first “bad day” I’ve had in Ghana to date. I am and always have been a person who has found it easy to wake up in the morning but today for some reason, it was like pulling teet... |
| | | | | The Mankola Market..
2006-10-04, Accra, Ghana. By: Mollie88 | | Today was a particularily slow paced day, even for Ghana. I woke up this morning to the sound of my alarm at about 6:00 AM, which is actually very easy here seeing as it's so bright out already at 6:0... |
| | | |  | sooo nice people
2006-08-15, cape coast, Ghana. By: izla | | heey everybody!
now im here in ghana, been here a bit over a week and i already feel like home! it reminds me of latinamerika and india... I had a short day in accra, the capital, then they transf... |
| | | |  | On our way home
2006-07-20, Mankessim, Ghana. By: Penoir | | Well it's our last day in Ghana.
Having packed and had breakfast Puios and Stephen picked us up and we head West, along the coast, to Saltpond. We'd read of a Bizarre Posuban there and wanted to h... |
| | | |  | Ride of a Lifetime
2002-01-18, Axim, Ghana. By: dwilkows | | Today we leave Ankobra Beach Hotel, paradise on earth! One could stay here forever, with Star Beer and club sandwiches brought to the deserted beach, writing memoirs, daydreaming, listening to the pou... |
| | | |  | Akwansa Kokodo
2006-07-19, Mankessim, Ghana. By: Penoir | | This morning started very early (but with running water!!!) We had another experience of African time - having been told we were being picked up at 6.30am we were eventually picked up at 7.30am - we ... |
| | | |  | Tour of Mankessim
2006-07-18, Mankessim, Ghana. By: Penoir | | Work up this morning to find that none of us had any running water. No message from reception but we did find a bucket of water outside our rooms (well myself and Laura did - Ruth found an empty one ... |
| | | |  | Heading out to Mankessim
2006-07-17, Accra, Ghana. By: Penoir | | We're just in the middle of checking out and our bill comes to just over 2 million. Hope Milan signs off that expense form!
After having our first experience of African time (waiting nearly 2 hour... |
| | | |  | Kakum National Park
2006-07-16, Accra, Ghana. By: Penoir | | Ruth organised a tour for us to see the Kakum National Park. Our driver, Yao picked us up at 7am this morning and we began our 3 hour drive. Yao was very informative as we drove out of Accra. Unfort... |
| | | |  | Arrived!
2006-07-15, Accra, Ghana. By: Penoir | | Well after a 2 hour delay (the computers at Heathrow didn't register that our plane had actually arrived until 2 hours after it had landed!!) we finally touched down in Accra.
About 30 kilo's of ou... |
| | | |  | Illness
2005-12-14, Accra, Ghana. By: elishabee | | It's like I woke up one day, sunday actually, and realized that my time here has come to an end. Most of the people in my program have left in the past few days. Laurel leaves today, and I next tues... |
| | | |  | Ohhhh Ghana!
2005-11-19, Accra, Ghana. By: elishabee | | I awoke this morning at 6:30am to a megaphone-led Jessus parade...theese people are insane(please don't take that too seriously)! Not to mention that the Church out side my window was bumpin all night... |
| | | | | Larabunga
2005-11-18, Mole, Ghana. By: elishabee | | Larabunga , a village of 12 clans, 100% Muslum, houses the oldest mosque in Ghana. Yet nobody seems to agree on just how old or exactly who built it. Locals, through oral tradition, date it to 1421 ... |
| | | |  | Fireworks and Farewell
2005-12-05, Mampong, Ghana. By: witcombe | | Well, it is time for my last entry from Ghana. I would say that the time flew past, but it really does feel like i have been here for 3 months, and it is time to move on. I leave on Thursday evening... |
| | | | | My Ghanaian Interior Adventure
2005-11-28, Cape Coast, Ghana. By: witcombe | | The great Ghanaian adventure
On monday, the 14th of November, two brave and wise explorers, Ryan Witcombe and Edward Gonzalez-O'Mahoney, embarked on a tour of the Ghanaian interior. The first leg ... |
| | | |  | | | | | | Traveling
2005-11-18, Mole, Ghana. By: elishabee | | I sit in the back of the bus, sweat dripping from every poor, waiting for it to fill. Platters of bread, bagged h2o, biscuts, candy, fake jewelry, toothbrushes and past, blinking lights, sweat towels... |
| | | | | The coastal adventure
2005-11-06, Cape Coast, Ghana. By: witcombe | | Hey there gang.
About 2 weeks ago Andy (a volunteer from the UK with a different organization) and Leighann (a US volunteer, same org as Andy) and myself embarked on a hot, smelly and thoroughly exce... |
| | | |  | The Odwira Festival
2005-10-14, Akropong, Ghana. By: witcombe | | How to write about the Odwira festival? After experiencing the festival, the massive build-up, and the aftermath, there is still so much I do not understand. I am sure I could come back many times a... |
| | | | | It's very African!
2005-10-27, Accra, Ghana. By: j_onthego | | So my first impressions of Ghana are good, very friendly people and very authentic. I'm not sure what my pre-conceptions were, but they have been totally blown out of the water!
Had my first day a... |
| | | | | Ghana Beaches
2005-10-24, Accra, Ghana. By: elishabee | | I spent all day yesterday on the beach. The further away from the city the more georgous, and less poluted, the beaches become. After driving for some time my friends and I found a small, private co... |
| | | | | My Best Friend
2005-10-14, Madina, Ghana. By: elishabee | | One of the many things my time has been devoted to here is volunteer work. A few days a week, after classes, I catch a trotro to a near by town called Madina, walk past the mosque, past the graveyard... |
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