Ghana

June, 2012 – December, 2013

Signs and Sights

  Things we see on our frequent trips around Kumasi   MATTRESS WARS    ASHFOAM is one of two major mattress sellers in Kumasi, and their ads are everywhere! Both companies will pay the cost of painting their ads on homes and shops around town. We notice the ASHFOAM models lack of arms are made up by her […]

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Elodie

  In which Elodie invites Camille to go horse shopping in Obuasi and to her Green Ranch at Lake Bosumtwi to hang out. December 6 and 9, 2012   WELCOME TO OBUASI      With Elodie at the wheel of her big blue truck, we were guaranteed a good time. The day started out wet but

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Evacuation

  In which we follow Bob’s lead and get out of town after a chemical spill gives us a headache. December 6, 7, 8 and 9, 2012   PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE – NO THANKS    Wednesday night, December 5th, we got into bed and smelled a new smell. “Are there skunks around here?” I asked

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Cocoa Village

  Lake Bosumtwi. Our election day evacuation escape took us to a new guest lodge right up the road from The Green Ranch on the other side of the village from Lake Point Guest House where we’ve stayed in previous visits to the lake. – December 6, 7 and 8, 2012 To find out more about

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Farmette

  Fun with Flora and Fauna!   GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS           The six chicks are growing much faster than the goats. They get free range in the garden through chicken-sized openings in the gates. The goats are excluded.   AN ONGOING EXPERIMENT    Gardening is always an ongoing journey of discovery. We continue to see

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NOVEMBER, 2012 ISSUE #138

   We have much to be thankful for as we enter our sixth month in Ghana. The biodiesel plant at Dompoase is taking shape, Jeremy’s garden, goats and chickens continue to grow, we emerged unscathed from a traffic adventure with friend/driver Eric and we made some new friends.   THE GENERATOR ARRIVES AT THE PLANT

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Installing the Generator

  Delivery – November 1st   SUNSET AT DOMPOASE    The 15kW generator was supposed to arrive by 3pm, leaving lots of daylight left for the unloading. Instead, the truck finally showed up at 5:45pm, just as the sun was setting. Like a bull in a china shop, the truck driver didn’t listen to advice

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November Garden

  In which Bob sees beauty in the sky, Jeremy digs a Moringa Garden, Camille pets Nwansane, and Sauza elopes with the neighbor’s rooster – November, 2012   BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE CAMERA MAN    Bob is not one to let the sky go on creating grandeur unnoticed. Even if it is framed with

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Traffic Accident

  In which we are hit by a truck with the name “God’s Way” emblazoned across the windshield and spend the next four hours waiting for the wheels of justice to  turn our way – November 7, 2012   SMASHING    One minute Eric is driving us around Kumasi on our weekly shopping trip to

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Wildlife at Dompoase

  SO – IT’s NOT ALL ABOUT FECAL SLUDGE   The Wilds of Dompoase – In which Bob walks the area looking for and photographing that nature thing.   PORCUPINES AND COCOYAM    The porcupine is the mascot of the Asante Kotoko Football Club, the Kumasi based soccer team that is last years league champion. This particular

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