Side Trips

  Touring Adanwomase, a village that specializes in weaving traditional Ghanaian Kente cloth and growing Cocoa with Kat, Morgan and Nate – May 9, 2013   VISITOR CENTER    Kat drove the four of us in her land rover and we found our way to the village without any problem. Soon enough we were seated […]

  Intern housing and more at Casa Kumasi. Giving the steward’s quarters a makeover or “turning the proverbial sow’s ear into a silk purse” – May 13 – 17, 2013   BEFORE        There are actually three levels to Casa Kumasi; upstairs where Jeremy, Justin and Allison live, downstairs where Bob, Camille and Amy

  A good look inside Italo’s woodworking factory with the Friday morning coffee crowd – May 31, 2013   FRIDAY MORNING GANG This group of Ahodwo Obrunis regularly get together on Friday morning for coffee and conversation. On the last week of May, Elvira (front row, wearing a black dress) arranged for a tour of

Around the house and garden with some fun masks thrown in for good measure – April, 2013 Kumsasi, Ghana   DRESSING UP    Eric wears his new fugu, Amy a piece of fabric acquired at Central Market and Bob a new shirt he had made at the Cultural Center. Bob picked up another interesting mask which Eric

A wealth of good food from the markets and gardens, expertly prepared by cooks Amy and Camille – April, 2013 Kumsasi, Ghana   RAINY SEASON MEANS MUSHROOM ABUNDANCE    God bless you, rainy season for bringing these succulent, meaty mushrooms to our table!   GREENS A POPPIN    Dandelion, chard and collards are all also making

April found us finally flowing fecal sludge at the “design flow rate”. This was real progress and the beginning of overcoming operational “gotchas.”   IT”S ALWAYS SOMETHING…     We discovered a leak at the top of the gas collector in digester 7. It turns out that the threaded plastic fitting at the top of the

  Camille, Bob, and Amy went to Elmina for some ocean time – relaxation ensued.   AMY HAS A PASSION FOR FLOWERS    This beautiful flower is Passiflora foetida, a passion fruit vine native to North and South America and introduced in much of the rest of the tropical world.   NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE

  Elmina Bay, Hans Cottage and Assase Pa at Cape Coast Revisited – April 11, 2013   FLAGS    A black pirate flag and red flag with swastika were among the many flags aboard the fishing boats in Elmina Harbor.   ELMINA CASTLE    Amy absorbs the history emanating from the compass Christopher Columbus used

  An early morning walk above the trees in Kakum National Park – April 11, 2013   WALKING ON AIR    One minute we were walking on the forest floor and the next we were up in the trees, walking the plank, hanging on to the ropes to keep our balance, swaying with every footstep.

  Rob’s first visit to Ghana as seen through the lens of his camera – April 14 through April 27, 2013   CASA KUMASI ON DR. J. G. WOOD LANE    Bob, Camille, Jeremy and Justin’s home where Rob stayed in one of the three upstairs bedrooms. And Jeremy’s pet goats, Go-At and Aponche. Camille