A new home, a new chapter. Since moving to Zebilla there have been up's and downs, highs and lows in my experience as a VSO volunteer. So far it's been one long story of movement and change, constant flux and everything new; the ground has not stayed still underneath my feet, or my feet have barely touched the ground, whichever way you look at it! I have to say it has been truly amazing, but at times very challenging, and I am looking forward now to a new chap...

Hippo spotting on river safari and sleeping under the stars! Our trip to Wa started with only the few small hiccups you would expect when attempting to travel in Ghana... first (after getting up at 3am and waiting two hours for him to arrive) the bus-ticket-man strolled up and began to sell tickets, only to be met with angry shouts of 'corruption!', and frustrated sighs 'this is just typical!'. We found out he had already sold three quarters of the tickets to a...

Back at work this week, after returning from Wa, I took a trip out 'in the field' with some colleagues, and I noticed lots of little black crosses painted carefully on all of the houses in one particular community. When I asked Abbie and Dominic the Driver about it, they both started laughing and saying that actually they didn't know either but that they would also like to find out. So off we went to one of the local schools, where they asked one of the teacher...

Dodgy tro-tro rides and goat kebabs Well, let's just say that all the fun of my relaxing Saturday afternoon (taking a cool shower, freshening up, painting my toenails pretty pink and relaxing with the lovely little children who love to come over and draw with the coloured chalk I brought) was swiped out completely after simply going to catch a bus. I went for the tro at around 2. It turned up about an hour and fifteen minutes later, just about as I was getting...

A couple of weeks back in Zebilla: Workshops, power cuts and popcorn movie nights The last couple of weeks since the motorbike training have still been a whirlwind, but the speed is thankfully slowing now from a full blown tornado to a small wind storm. I have found myself starting to really settle in here and it's beginning to feel like home. At the end of the moto training whilst I was still in Bolga, I was staying with another volunteer who has been h...