I’ve been thinking about this a lot, as I painfully trudged through Dead Aid and King Peggy and even Guns Germs and Steel – Ghana is really rather well off. In human development rankings it’s only a couple steps above Bangladesh, and maybe it’s just that I’ve only spent a month on the relatively well-off […]
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Sekondi Fish Market
Yesterday morning I dragged myself out of bed at 5.15, snagged a leftover piece of pizza, and trudged down the road to where a cab was waiting. I paid the cab driver 3/4 of my daily allowance (I know, I need to get better at figuring out a cheap way to get to Beach Road. […]
Busua Beach : cabs, trotros, and fishing boats
This week the project manager has also been visiting, which was nice as it meant I had a travel buddy for my first weekend in Takoradi. She’d been wanting to go to Busua Beach, a local beach resort just 20 km further west. The beach is rumored to be one of the best (and safest […]
Volunteer Life in Takoradi, week 1 – the good, the bad, and the ugly
The good free rides to work nice coworkers AC! (and free electricity to run it) access to a washer AND a dryer – I was already in alt over the flat, you can imagine my delight when I discovered a Samsung washer in the storage closet on this floor. Goats – There are so many […]
First impressions : arrival in Takoradi
So one of my goals in coming here was to take more photos and write more, but although I’ve been carrying my DSLR almost everywhere with me, I’m often reluctant to deal with the attention that comes from taking it out. And you can all see how I’m doing on the writing front… I did […]
Women’s Marches – why it’s important to use your voice (and feet)
So I’m in Ghana now. I ended up going a day later than planned, did a day and a half of orientation, got a local sim, have tried a taxi but not a trotro, sat by the sea and drunk a beer, and had a good old mooch around Osu, the neighbourhood we’re staying in […]
I’m going to Ghana…
I’m going to Ghana tomorrow. Probably, maybe…supposedly. My visa only just came through on Friday, so who knows? 90%? VSO still has yet to send me a ticket, but I suppose if it turns out it’s more Thursday or the next day, that too will be fine. Thankfully, it’s my sister taking over my flat […]
Imminent departure: Takoradi, Ghana
So I keep trying to write this without really knowing how to start. This time next week I’ll be at a hotel in Ghana – in Accra – going through an orientation with other VSO volunteers freshly arrived in the country. We’ll be learning about how to navigate daily life in a country that’s apparently […]