(As an Australian woman) you know you’re in a cross-cultural relationship when…You shake a large flying bug from your hair and say to your partner, “Oh it’s just one of those bugs you used to eat as a child…” . . . → Read More: To D or Not to D
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In high school he told me that, when we were in primary school, I’d called him all sorts of racist names. I really thought he was joking. I couldn’t remember calling him names at all. But he insisted I had. . . . → Read More: World Cup Regression I’m a woman on the brink of insanity with itchiness. It’s a painful, prickling itchy. But mostly I’m worried about reverse culture shock, adapting to a culture of affluence and forgetting to appreciate the simple, but precious things in life, like running water. . . . → Read More: The topless insanity of itchy appreciation I have a scar three quarters across the middle of my tongue where it cut in half when I was a little girl. I was speeding on my tricycle when I hit the stairs, mouth open, and my tongue split. Ouch. . . . → Read More: 12 personal (and maybe surprising) things about me If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live and work–be an expat!–in a developing nation. Or, specifically, sub-Saharan Africa, or maybe even Ghana, then this is the post for you. . . . → Read More: Expat life in Ghana This story continues on from Part I on Wednesday. Read Facing up to an Arms Dealer in the Ivory Coast, Part 1 before continuing on to this second half of the story. The vehicle left the station in The Ivory Coast around 6 am. We arrived in Ghana in a border town in the western region that . . . → Read More: Facing up to an Arms Dealer: Part II By Godwin. This is a story of something that happened to me almost 10 years ago now. In 2001, after graduating from senior high school, I decided to travel to the Ivory Coast with a friend to look for a job so I could raise some money towards my university education. I went with this . . . → Read More: Facing up to an arms dealer in the Ivory Coast—an education with a difference. Today I published a post at our other blog, This is Ghana, in honour of Africa’s greatest living woman, Wangari Maathai, and partly to urge Ghanaian women to question the status quo in Ghana from a female and environmental perspective. Check it out and let us know what you think. Do you know Ghana’s Wangari Maathai? . . . → Read More: In Honour of Wangari Maathai on International Women’s Day 2010 Here are some of my favourite links online this week. I love this blogger Blog called Sassytrash. I have a bit of a thing for used and old jewelry and mementos and this blog could do serious damage to my bank account if I spent much more time here. Chris Guillebeau, an excellent writer and inspiration for those . . . → Read More: Week in Review: Favourite things Feb 28 Most challenging aspect of writing the guide book? When I tried calling the STC in Accra to get the timetables they hung up on me five times. I’d get as far as, say, Cape and Kumasi and I still needed about six other cities and the customer service woman would say, “Oh Madame, why?!” and hang up . . . → Read More: Interview Gayle on writing Insider’s Guide Top 10 travel moments in the past 4 years 1. I was dancing in a Vietnamese disco with my workshop trainees (we were in the middle of a 6 day workshop—they made us go). Right there on the dance floor they spontaneously broke out into the game dance we made up that day as part of a . . . → Read More: Top 10 travel moments in past 4 years What was the most challenging aspect of writing the guide book? Getting the information we needed about transport systems in the different cities as we do not have an organized transport system in Ghana. Somehow it’s organized in its own way, but getting different stations prices and destination details was tough. What was the most exciting part? Walking up . . . → Read More: Interview with Godwin on writing the Insider’s Guide |
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