18 month Ghanaversary…

As I celebrate my 18 month Ghanaversary, I thought I’d think of some favourites, least favourites and funniest sights

Favourite food – my new lunch food of choice is Kenkey, which is fermented maize meal. It is eaten with the hands and is one of the less gooey staples. Or red red, fried plantain and bean stew.

Favourite drink: still tea, but with ideal milk, or Star and Alvaro, the drink of choice for me and the Hannahs at the moment, or Sangria (but COLD Sangria!)

Favourite things about living in Ghana – how genuinely friendly people are; greeting people; the slower pace of life (at times too slow…); the weather for a lot of the year (but not March and April); how untouristy it is; having my family here; travelling with Rachael along the coast and doing Volta with Sonia and Hannah at Christmas; cooking

Least favourite things about Ghana – how people drive, March weather… April weather.

Longest journey: 26 hours, door to door, Accra to Bolga (it can be done in half that time!) which included a 6 hour wait for the bus to leave and an hour long tyre change on the way

Funniest moment – projectile coughing out a Larium tablet on the street in Accra with Vic and Hannah was quite funny, also some Larium dreams have caused a little hilarity…

Funniest message on the back of a vehicle – CRAP FOR JESUS… (I think the R was meant to be an L)

5 most interesting things people carry on their heads

Suitcase

Sewing machine

Blackboard

Computer harddrive

Very long planks of wood, bought at “B&Q” near our house.

5 most interesting things seen being carried on the back of a motorbike

Signboard

Pig

Goat

Mattress (not rolled up!)

Push bike

2 strange cycling sights

Someone cycling with their leg in full plaster

Someone carrying a large bench while cycling