I've finally got to an internet cafe, after two busy weeks with rationed electricity. Quite alot has happened since my last blog, so i'll probably forget things that i would have blogged about, but i still have lots to include.Firstly we had the football tournament, which feels like months ago now, and to say that it was terrible wouldn't really do it justice. We turned up on the Thursday morning, and took a seat under a small canopy which we would remain under f...

There is quite alot going on in school at the moment, with the football tournament coming up on Thursday and Friday, and the whole country practising for the Ghanaian Independance Day marching competition. I'll start with the football tournament, where 24 schools are all competing from around the Akim Oda region. We are the defending champions and Mr. Aqcuah Heyford has let it be known on more than one occasion that he expects to retain the title. We are putting...

This last week, we all started teaching, and i want to start by apologising to all my previous teachers; especially Mrs. Wilkes and Mrs. Crallovich, for everything i put them through. I have been given class 2, 3 and 5 for English Composition and Grammar, and not Maths because it would have meant that i would have been teaching all day. On Monday, my first lesson was at 9:30, but at around 9:10 the bell went and it was time to change lessons. At this point i was...

On Saturday, we all went to the beach; about an hour away from Henry's house. It was a nice beach, but there were quite alot of tourists there, which meant that every 5 minutes a man would walk past and try to sell you bracelets, paintings, or anything he happened to be carrying. It gets pretty annoying when you have to explain to the same man that you don't want to buy anything 5 times as he walks up and down the beach. There was also a band of african drummers ...

There is so much that I could write about now, that has happened over the last 5 days, but i only have 30mins left of internet usage, so i'll try condense it down.The first night we arrived was so surreal; stepping off the plane to be greeted by a wall of heat, and slowly realising that it will not be cool for another 5 months. After we worked our way through the airport we were swarmed by around 10 taxi drivers all competing to carry our bags back to their taxi....