Side Trips

Monthly diversions that didn’t make the front page

A Couple of Days in Accra

  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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Our First Week in Kumasi

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

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

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Neighbors

Springtime with Neighbors March 2012 SPRINGTIME WITH NEIGHBORS March 2012   SPRING FEVER   Cute little Kome, Jason and Haruka’s grey kitty, shows of the rice-shaped spot on her throat as she decides she’s had enough of Amy’s arms. Kome is the Japanese word for rice. The beautiful March weather made it difficult to stay

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