Now that I'm leaving Ghana tomorrow I thought I would just make a quick list of all the things I will miss... Fan Choco (liike frozen milo but for only 30 cents) The other volunteers Being able to speak my tiny bit of Twi The friendly people here Rich chocolate (hard to get used to but good for chocolate cravings) The gorgeous kids Oat porridge on the street eaten from a plastic bag The stunning material they have and wear Pineapple (which I am add...

Anyone who knows me reasonably well knows that out of all bugs on the entire planet the ones that make me shudder with disgust (poetic huh?) are ants. Yes, I have been told, they are very small and harmless blah blah blah. So I was happily sitting on my bed, at the smelly hotel, reading my book when I felt a little stinging on my back. I turned to look and found myself covered in ants! Was so gross. They weren't those little harmless black ants of NZ. These w...

Today I have decided to describe my tro tro ride from the Togo border back to Accra. Well, where do I begin? First of all, the road is totally pot holed. And I mean completly, as in, if you were on a bike, even those skinny tires wouldn't be able to navigate a safe path! So, you may wonder why I have bruises on my arms? No, not heroin marks, although the (suprisingly huge) number of people who warned me about aids and dirty needles before I came here will be...

Good news everyone - I SURVIVED THE CANOPY WALKWAY! Now before anyone gets some silly ideas about it being a stable wooden walkway or something ridiculously safe like that, allow me to describe the lovely experience. It started with a pretty walk through the rainforest... uphill. So by the time we waited for the lady who was walking through the forest in high heels and her friend in an painfully tight mini skirt to reach the top I had had the luxury of checking o...

A month away from home tomorrow! Seems like both a long and a short time somehow. The last week has been awesome - starting with a crazy night out in Kumasi with all the vols. Some rastafarians decided to accompany us out for the evening so there was a lot of "Ya Maaan!" and "Feel at home!". The beers here are GIANT - not that I'm complaining... Was unfortunate to find out that there was no room on the bus to Takoradi (which the incredibl...