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Travel Blogs from Kumasi
In Closing
... got their hands on. I’ve seen a snake eat a whole huge chicken alive in a sneak attack, I’ve hitchhiked and walked for miles down the roadside like a refugee with hundreds of other Ghanaians when the one and only road back towards my town was blocked, I’ve hidden from armed robbers driving backwards in a bus at full speed down a highway at night, hung out with a group of wild elephants from 10 feet away, and eaten fofo with the tribal leadership of the ...
Last Week
... a little session following the Australian presentation on Tuesday evening. However, I'd said that it would be my last night and Stephen scheduled the French and Italian presentations for that night so that everyone could get together at the LC house and move on to the bar. It was a really good evening - Barbara performed the immense task of cooking spaghetti for everybody, despite the ****** kitchen and even shittier quality of Ghanaian spaghetti; both presentations ...
Week 3
... walk away happened - the purpose of course being to watch boring England lose on penalties. Afterwards, Afritour had a big meeting, where we introduced a lot of the new people to the project and emphasised the importance of the coming week, with our seminar on Friday.
By Thursday evening, things were looking up. Despite being flanked by two Chinese mutes, my Monday morning meeting with Coca Cola has proved to be successful - on Thursday morning I picked up 60 ...
Week 2
... to do the tour because of a lack of sponsorship, and their main speaker at the seminar had pulled out last-minute, and a lot of the schoolchildren didn't show up. I was determined not to have to compile a similar report, and so with the seminar due to be on the 29th June, we aimed to have finalised everything by the 22nd with an idea to spend the final week putting in backup plans in case speakers don't show up, etc.
However, I sit writing on Saturday with less than a week to ...
More about Kumasi
... in). After dinner, I spent the rest of my evening chilling with Sidney, and then went to bed.
Friday was a busier day. Having decided that Ghanaians are useless with phones, I thought it best to go and visit the companies themselves. So, Belinda, Cosmas and I headed off with Coca Cola the first on the list. This involves taking three tro-tros - I've no idea how long it took in total but I'd guess an hour or so. At Coca Cola, we went to the security guards' office ...