Ughanda

Reflections on work and travels in Ghana and Uganda, summer 2005.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Last post from Africa!

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I've been sort of busy in the last few days and also lazy, so I haven't had time to post. Which means I have to talk about rafting ...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Brief Update

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I've just returned from my 3 day budget safari. The group we were with was great fun and we saw lions, hippos (very up close...more in ...
Friday, August 05, 2005

It's almost over!

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I've just finished my last day of teaching. Thursday, between the safari and the island in Lake Victoria, I'll go in and say hi, bu...
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Monday, August 01, 2005

August!

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And so it's August. I've passed the 2 month mark a few days ago, I'm 4/5s done with the trip (yay! I want to go home!) and half...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Comparisons...

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Geisha Soap: For the whole family: New Geisha Lasts Longer! That's a billboard painted on top of many buildings. I guess I've felt ...
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Thursday, July 21, 2005

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The Debate Swatmail is again inaccessable, it can't find the server. lovely. School is going well, everything is very enjoyable. Today...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Uganda! for real this time

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Well, with my health better and my email finally working I can take some time for a post. The rest of the trip was pretty miserable, the Ad...
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Sunday, July 17, 2005

swatmail SUCKS

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I am very, very unhappy. Not only have I just been to a clinic to discover I've got an unknown stomach bacterial infection, but Swatmai...
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Friday, July 15, 2005

A WARNING.

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If anyone so much as mentions to me a word of Harry Potter 6, who dies or doesn't die, that the half blood prine is griffyndor or harry ...
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Bole Int'l Airport

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Here I am in Addis Abada, waiting until 2am local time to board a flight to Nigeria and then on to Kampala, arriving at 7am. It's 21 ho...
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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Full Circle

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I'm almost out of time so I'll have to cover the departure ceremony etc when I get to Uganda, but I'm brousing in Tower Internet...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

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The rest of Kumasi was OK, relaxing. Saturday we went to Lake Bosumtwi which actually was a bit of a let down. It's a meteor crater an...
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Friday, July 08, 2005

Trotro shopping and street food

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I was just in the middle of typing a moderately long post and the computer in this cafe closed all my windows. Here I am in Kumasi. Missy ...
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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Tema, oops!

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So I come into Accra, go get bus tickets for Friday to Kumasi, and then ask for Tema Station, which is right near the cultural center where ...
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Sunday, July 03, 2005

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Back. Earlier than I'd planned because I got a ride most of the way back. I had a delicious salad in Ho, awoke the next morning and fai...
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Friday, July 01, 2005

Here I am in Ho...

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Which is the regional capital of the Volta region. I had planned to spend the night in Akosombo but I made such good time that I went on. J...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Something to think about

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Today's been busy. Despite having no school today I worked until 3pm, first on making the exam schedule and then finishing typing the e...
Sunday, June 26, 2005

The Lord is my Shepherd Frozen Foods

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That's a sign that you can see twice on the way from camp to Kokrobite, clearly a chain of some sort. Other funny signs I saw this week...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Many things....

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Quite a few things to ramble on about today. A few funny notes from Cape Coast that I forgot before. The canopy walk was built by a couple ...
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Saturday, June 18, 2005

Cape Coast! Kakum!

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Quickly, because I have 15 minutes and don't want to pay for more time. I'm writing from Hans Cottage Botel (not a typo) in Cape Co...
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