Elmina Harbor – a day trip to be remembered ELMINA CASTLE The oldest European building south of the Sahara and a must see so we went. Built in 1482 by Portuguese traders, the castle was originally built to protect the gold trade. (El Mina means “the mine” in Portuguese.) It was appropriated to accomodate […]
Cape Coast – playing tourist with our friends and co-workers July 28, 29 and 30 THE BEACH Cape Coast castle and fishermen hauling in a net full of fish. THE MIGHTY VICTORY Our home for two nights was a small hotel on a hill. CAST AND CREW The whole
Batiking Workshop – An introduction to the wonderful world of fabric dying with Jeremy, Justin, Lauren and Louis on July 29th in Cape Coast CLASSROOM AND INSTRUCTOR We met our very capable instructor, Mary at the bank and she walked us up the street and around the corner to her classroom which
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMILLE! Fifty-eight years on the planet still somewhat puzzled by this thing called life but smiling nevertheless. FROM ASHEVILLE, WITH LOVE The sun shines brighter when Amy and Garth are in town. We were very happy that they drove in from Asheville with brother Adam to spend a couple
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Last Days in Moncure – Enjoying the last few weeks of family, friends and creature comforts before embarking on an African adventure. LOCAL TALENT We were happy to receive much needed help with our website transition from our friend Ian and couldn’t believe he\’d never been to our house before. New friend, Ali
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Flying to Ethiopia and Beyond – In which we travel for more than a day to reach Ghana. CHILLIN\’ AT DULLES We got up at 3am to catch a 6am flight from Raleigh to DC. Thank you, Jason and Haruka, for getting up in the middle of the night to haul us
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Accra – A couple of days at Ashley’s home to get acclimated FROM AIRLINE FOOD TO REAL FOOD We took advantage of Tim’s offer to use Waste Enterpriser’s driver and went to market where we scored bananas, oranges and mangos. A far cry more nourishing than the interesting jet crackers we carried off Ethiopian
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Kumasi – Exploring a whole new world USING YOUR HEAD Bob was thrilled to find that people still use their heads to carry their burdens in this part of Africa. He remembers seeing a sewing machine atop a woman’s head as a child. Inspired by a woman carrying a load of used plastic and
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Our new home in Adiebeba – settling in for the long haul with a groovy group of folks and two goats MOVING IN Ashley of Waste Enterprisers found this great home in a neighborhood called Adeibeba for project staff and rented it for a year. After arriving from Accra with our bags, Bob
A nice visit with Jeremy and Brian at the Catawba County landfill combined with some biodiesel consulting – May 4th through 6th
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