Whilst the first week back in Gbogame flew by, the last week seemed to go the slowest ever at times as you find yourself saying "this time next week we'll be packing/leaving the village/getting on the plane/be landing in England etc etc". It felt like we were just waiting to leave. But then at other times I'd find myself sat on the ol' bamboo bench under the tree thinking about how much we've adapted to being here. I'd look back to how I felt at the beg...

So, we've been in Gblebi, a small rural village at the base of Mt. Afadjato, for a week now, but it feels like we've been here for months! We took a 6 hour non-airconditioned bus journey up to village last week and as we drove though the villages all the local people were shouting welcome and waving at us with big beaming smiles....there are big lush green mountains all around and the air smells so fresh and clean. We are all living in a shared house which is lik...

HI all!! Well I'm in Ghana and its HOT!! Let me set the scene-i was sat outside this hostel just before coming in to write this, with a beer-the smell of hot grass and tramac and slight smell of sewage!! The sound of traffic, horns honking and frogs and crickets!! So far its been overwhelming, intense but exhilarating! We are still in the capital so it is quite busy-people trying to sell us stuff constantly through the bus windows-and even a couple of marriage p...