Waking up to a multitude of sounds to what I can only describe to give you an idea of this place, picture a farm smack in the middle of central London. It is like a 'city farm' Accra, Ghana's capital with a crowded population of 23 million. The paved streets can barely be seen with all the over flowing market stalls selling just about everything you could imagine and the smells ooze as you walk by and are not all pleasant. Some smell sweet with frying plantains a...

It has come around the day I have had mixed feelings about, at first I felt as if the last day on construction couldn't come soon enough dreaming about bubble baths and conditioning my hair and at other times the prospect of departing was not a great one, the thought of leaving such amazing people behind and a half finished vision of the project. I woke this morning to the usual sound of Tina our Cook shouting across the compound, "Lydia, Lydia are you awake" sh...

Religion Coming to Ghana from Senegal and Gambia where the vast population is made up of followers of the Muslim faith, Ghana is very different as around 69% of the country are Christian however I have yet to come across a Muslim here in Ghana. On initially seeing this country and drawing comparisons between them, I notice Ghana is slightly more developed and its people have a very different way of life yet live under very similar circumstances. I wonder if this...

This morning at breakfast it dawns on me that I have had a good night sleep as for the first time the rooster was silent, I ask prince why this is and he brings the rooster to the table. Not realising at first glance but I could see something was different but not sure what, they had sliced the comb on his head off clean to teach him a lesson for being stubborn. Hmm Ghanaians have strange ways of doing things but this discipline obviously worked on the rooster an...