Halloween in Accra

Nate was a Mexican wrestler...

I was 'eggs and toast'...

The ladies were palm trees...

and Daniel went as a white man.

Missions

The mission...


is underway..

Osibisa - Africa We Go Go

When You're Bored

If you're bored in Ghana, I recommend getting your hair done Ghanaian style...



...why? why not.

Oops?

All Serious

The Lazy Blogger

Uhmm...the Internet's down at the house, my camera battery is dead, I left my recorder at work, I'm enjoying Ghana too much....bla bla bla

Enjoy this instead;

If it doesn't appear, click here.
p.s. thanks for the clip, Stephan.

Fan(ice)tastic

click for one more...

Happy Birthday

Birthday Bomb

The Top Ten

10. La-Tawala Beach



09. Goats



08. Accra Traffic



07. Tot Shots



06. Kids (okay, kids are great everywhere)



05. The Getaways



04. Newspaper Headlines



03. Educational Money



02. Tro-tro Rides



01. FanIce

The Top Ten

The hospital near my house.

p.s. they're talking about....


oh, snicker, snicker.

Tasting Korea and Fufu

Daniel and Sophia making Fufu.
Fufu, Korea, Elections, and Live Squirrels

Notebook Emergency

I'm running out of Moleskine ruled reporter notebooks. How will I live without my flip-top ruled steno-style digest-sized scribbler?

Tragic.
p.s. my birthday is approaching.

Finished

I've lost my best Ghana friend to home. He was swallowed up by British Airways, hot showers, and Iron Maiden. Goodbye Tom, sorry you're 'finished*,' it was nice having someone to keep me in shits and giggles.


Tom
*Ghana expression for when store items are sold out or unavailable. Use: "No juice. It's finished"

Highlife Museum...aka Mecca

This place is paradise....

Highlife Museum
*voiced by A. Koomson, Produced by me

More to come...

I miss you, bean burrito

It's not the same.

Meet the Roommates

The Obruni* Bunch
*Obruni = foreigner

Soccer Pitch or Soccer Ditch?

Last week, I took a two-day work trip to Cape Coast (3 hrs from Accra). We took a walk around town and stumbled on this street that was just filling up with people. They were coming for a children's soccer game that was set to happen in this giant drain (maybe the width of a regular-sized room, but very long and narrow). At least a hundred people showed up to cheer and bet - they even brought their own bench seating.

I Don't Know, I Just Don't Know.

What is this billboard advertising?

Photo Central, Y'all

It's picture time;
(Only took an hour to upload them. Ha.)



African Washing Machine



Translation: Sponge



Joy-FM Basketball game



Living room at the new house (exciting, I know)

Work, Radio, and Tro-Tros

Work, Radio, and Tro-Tros

Food, God, and Laptop Repairs

A New Home, A Broken Laptop

My laptop decided that it doesn't like the new home and has died on me. Luckily (?) the Dell service centre in Ghana is located directly across the street from my work. Cross your fingers that laptop repair here is as cheap as the beer (I'm guessing not). Anyway, the point is that I won't be doing audio posts until the laptop is fixed (unless I phone them in).

Here are some pictures;



African Clothes Dryer (and my room)



Next Door & The Beach

Accra Arrival

Our group at the Ghanian Journalists' Association (we'll be splitting up soon across the country, but that's everyone)

No water, but good food (audio link fixed)