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 | Northern adventures and fauna delight
2007-03-01, Wa, Ghana. By: fishman | | Gutten tag. Yeah, the German is really getting a hold of me. March has come and we sit on the precipice of Ghana's 50th anniversary. Preparations are being pushed into high gear in towns across the co... |
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 | Likpe Todome and the origins of Hohoe
2007-02-20, Hohoe, Ghana. By: fishman | | In the village of Likpe Todome we were greeted for the first time in our travels, with the local history and origins. It was really great so I thought I would pass it on to give you all a taste of thi... |
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 | Arterial Blockage in the African Woodland
2007-02-16, Ho, Ghana. By: fishman | | Newsflash: No bloodtest yet, but five bucks says I have typhus--in german. In English it's typhoid and is just as fun. Valentine's Day was spent with a MONSTER of a headache. Late in the evening I res... |
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| A day that none would envy
2007-02-13, Ho, Ghana. By: fishman | | Today was a day none would envy. I awoke at 5am and spent the entirity of the morning and afternoon at the hospital. After far too much time spent waiting, I was deemed malaria-negative. They ran out ... |
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 | No-Crocodile Island
2007-01-27, Woe, Ghana. By: fishman | | Abutia Guesthouse - Woe - 7:58pm (excerpt from personal journal)
What a day, what a day! Where to begin? Well, we started our day beofr ethe sun even had a chance to rise at a time of day I've only... |
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 | Where the river meets the ocean
2007-01-26, Ada Foah, Ghana. By: fishman | | Garden Club Hotel - Ada Foah - 8:31pm (excerpt from personal journal)
Restless, cramped, and downtrodden we arrived in Ada Foah to begin our journey. Despite the fact that I left many of my things ... |
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| Stop! HAMMERTIME!
2007-01-10, Maase, Ghana. By: fishman | | Twi sucks. Okay, I take that back. Twi is awesome but damn is it hard to remember. This trip has taught me that my auditory learning skills are quite low and my language acquisition is similar to that... |
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| Aching to Exit Accra
2007-01-05, Teshie, Ghana. By: fishman | | Man oh man, has it really been a month already?! On the one hand I feel as if I've just arrived, having begun to settle into Accra; on the OTHER hand, it feels like a year since I left JFK! With the e... |
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 | My Christmas in boardshorts--how sweet it is
2006-12-26, Nungua, Ghana. By: fishman | | Ho ho ho! In actuality, I experienced very little of the holiday spirit this Christmas, but I capitalized on the most important part of the season: food! Oh that's right. On the 24th I left Ken's plac... |
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 | I'm such a liar!
2006-12-19, Teshie, Ghana. By: fishman | | In Ghana, lawyers are buried face-down because they spent their lives lying. Right now, I would suffer the same fate because I am at neither option A or B. That's right, plan C, affectionately referre... |
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 | O-be-be-nii
2006-12-14, Teshie, Ghana. By: fishman | | VICTORY! Yes, I've learned the proper retort to the "obruni" catcalls and that, as the title suggests is "o-be-be-nii" aka black man. However, the crafty children of Ghana sometimes step it up a notch... |
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 | Tale of the One-Arm Sunburn
2006-12-11, Swedru, Ghana. By: fishman | | As I sit in front of the monitor, back slightly arched, hands prone on the keyboard, I feel as if I have contracted a terrible African disease: a physical embodiment of dual-personality disorder. Yes,... |
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| Phish Phone
2006-12-09, Teshie, Ghana. By: fishman | | That's right, I have a phone now in Accra. I think I am a disgrace to the African image of the obruni because I have the cheapest phone in all of Teshie (most of the cabbies have phones that cost 3-10... |
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| Teshie Nungua Teshie Teshie Nungua
2006-12-08, Teshie, Ghana. By: fishman | | Five bucks says you're wondering what Teshie Teshie Nungua means and, for that five bucks I'll tell you (please send payment to my home address or via paypal). That is what the tro-tro money handlers ... |
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| I love America!
2006-12-05, Teshie, Ghana. By: fishman | | Work has been...well actually there's been no work to speak of.
Yesterday I went to the school in Teshie and the WWOOF director, an enthusiastic Teshie-native with a markedly British accent, great... |
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