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Travel Blogs from Denu, Ghana
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Homes, Sweet Homes
... to Ledzi's house. That night, we went to a 'jazz’ concert in Osu. I quickly learned that a ‘jazz’ concert in Ghana means a live band is playing, no matter what style. We watched some the band play covers (from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan) ...
My New Home
... , I could not help but feel excited for my last two weeks. I will be studying privately with Kwasi. This is what I came to Ghana for, and I really excited to work with Kwasi everyday. I'm not sure if I will get another chance to update before I leave, but ...
Chapter Twelve: Do you think we can eat the fins?
So, we finally made it out of Accra on the STC (like Greyhound) bus that left at 1PM on Wednesday. After a short trip of about four or so hours we arrived at our destination: Kopeyia. Kopeyia is on the ocean about 20 minutes from the Togo border. Little ...
A Day at the Beach
The standard tourist itinerary through Ghana goes something like this: Accra, across to some coastal forts and beaches, up to Kumasi, and home. You will note that Ho is not on this itinerary (really, there's not much reason to visit as tourist) and nor is ...
Indigenous Knowledge on Climate Change in Keta
... someone drowns in the sea, the storm won't stop until the body is washed ashore. As is the case in most of Ghana, the communities revolve around their chief, who has to be presented with three bottles of schnapps before or after any meeting. ...
Right place at the right time
Most of Ada Foah is a nasty garbage covered beach but on the far end there are a couple places to stay on a narrow strip of land between the beach and the estuary--straw huts in the sand, palm trees and hammocks, lovely! Spent a couple days ...
Still just chiling
We love this town. Meet Me There works a lot with the village, they work with the school and are building a clinic. We spent last night drinking beers debating the most helpful staffing schedule for a clinic here (we have yet to solve the worlds helath ...
Where the river meets the ocean
... colored flags of the world. I met three British travelers while I was there and enjoyed talking with them about their time in Ghana and our shared impressions of the village and curiosity of what they might feel about our tourism. Chris, one of the ...
Dying to be mothers
... their friends family and even pass it on to their grand kids. Mr Patrick Ahuma (Executive Director of Care Net Ghana) feels that this type of grassroots development helps to bring tangible results and good outcomes in development projects. However ...
We've found paradise
... watching the celebration in Accra on TV. There was a big dancing competition for the president, the Macy's Thankgiving Parade of Ghana. We also discovered avacados in Ho. Very large, delicious avacados. Combined with onions, peppers, and tomatos and you ...
Finally In Anyako!
... and said we should leave, and she was right. It was going to get dark, and we still had to buy our veggies and eggs. Plus, in Ghana, if you meet new people, they want you around for a while. They’ll be your new best friends. It’s a bit much, ...
Africa
My time in Ghana, doing voluntary work at the maternity ward and teaching English at the Golden Children ...
Settling in
I finally feel as though I have settled in. My family has continued to be extremely welcoming. The young girls keep me entertained! I am starting to get used to the food - it's a huge change of textures, tastes, consistencies, and ...
The Funeral
Wow…..okay, it's July 9th, and I haven’t written anything since the funeral (I’m sorry). So here goes! Friday afternoon, our things hadn’t arrived yet. The truck was VERY late. Seshie and Jesse had made it okay. We decided to go ...
to the border ghana - togo
... by Tro Tros. The next day I said goodbye to my new friends and made my way south by Tro Tros to the border crossing Ghana-Togo at Aflao (the others were heading back to Accra, and Amanda was flying back to the states). Not too hard although it did ...
More pics
No huge stories today, but wanted to share some pictures... I will be traveling from Sept 5-15 with 3 other volunteers along the coast of Ghana. Very much looking forward to ...
So Many Drums!!!
... there. On the way back home, we had the taxi driver stop so that we could take a picture next to the signs of Obama with Ghana’s President. We were the “crazy white people” out on the street that day, lol. When we got home, Pam, Debbie, ...
Experiencing Anyako
... came out and greeted us. He was very kind. We introduced ourselves to him, and he asked us a little bit about our trip to Ghana. I was surprised at how young he was. I was expecting someone older, but he was in his 30’s. I’d say early ...
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