Ten more things and another trip to Accra

Since my big brother (and sister) seems to like them I’ve decided to do another “ten things” list. It’s sort of one of the ones he suggested. Ten things I wish I’d been (able) to bring:

More knowledge of computer basics, including MS Office, simple XP sys-admin stuff and antivirus battling
More confidence and initiative in dealing with [...]

Ten things I like about being in Ghana

Ten things I like about being here inGhana:

The people – friendly, relaxed and contented
The weather – totally committed, when it’s hot the skies are blue and the sun fierce, when its raining it really rains with a passion
The vibrant chaotic liveliness here
The lack of in your face commercialism
The sense of being connected to reality, in [...]

Visiting Bongo

I’m fairly busy at work which, combined with the fact that I tend to leave my laptop in the office to avoid having to carry it back and forward, means that I haven’t been writing as much. Being busy is a fairly unusual experience for most of the volunteers here who aren’t teaching – and [...]

Tim in Tumu

Sorry I haven’t blogged much recently, but I’ve actually been fairly busy. I spent last week in working in ISODEC’s office in Bolgatanga (usually referred to as Bolga) and at the weekend I finally got around to visiting my friends Sally and Demetrio in Tumu, near the Burkina Faso Border in the Upper West Region [...]