Side Trips

Monthly diversions that didn’t make the front page

The Project – bushwhacking at the site and sourcing parts at Suame Magazine

    WHO PUT THE DUMP IN DOMPOASE?    Louis, Jeremy, and Bob made a trip out to the site of the Fecal Sludge (FS) to Biodiesel Plant. It is located at the municipal landfill managed by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) at Dompoase, on the southeast side of town. We took our machetes with […]

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Lake Bosumtwi

  Lake Bosumtwi – Chillin\’ at the lake July 12, 13 and 14 with Jeremy, Justin and Lauren   CRATER LAKE VILLAGES    Bosumtwi is home to about 70,000 people living in twenty-some villages surrounding the lake. The crater lake was created by meteor impact more than one million years ago.   LAKE POINT GUEST

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The Green Ranch

  The Green Ranch – Horse trekking around beautiful Lake Bosumtwi with our wonderful host Abena on July 12, 2012   WORLD’s BEST WAY TO SPEND A MORNING    Life just doesn’t get any better than a horseback ride around a beautiful lake and through fascinating villages with your best friends six degrees north of

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That Nature Thing

  That Nature Thing – exploring the wonderful world of nature in our bedroom and beyond   AROUND THE HOUSE    Nature appreciation begins at home, although the centipede Bob ran into on our bedroom floor was a bit too close for comfort. Camille found a three-inch long blue wasp outside on our back steps.

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Stumble Inn

  Stumble Inn – A place to refresh and replenish   A GREAT PLACE TO TAKE A BEACH BREAK    When we decided to head to the coast, Bob booked us a room for two nights at the beach.   A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE    Looking south across the Atlantic is a new thing for Camille

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Elmina Harbor

  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

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Cape Coast

  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

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Batiking

  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

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Last Days in Moncure

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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