Photo Gallery
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Date: 24 November 2007 18:38:50
I am back to a country that has reliable and fast internet so here are some photos from Ghana:
Accra: Donation of books to a school
Kumasi: A view over the rooftops of the Kejetia market.
Apparently the largest outdoor market in West Africa.
Orphanage: The volunteer house
Orphanage: Myself with a new arrival, Emmanuel
Orphanage: Carrying Mabena, African Style.
Orphanage: Mabena having a bath
Orphanage: Cecilia reading about Australia
Orphanage: Myself reading to the children
Orphanage: Jemima with a dolphin sticker on her forehead
Orphanage: Elijah learning how to play the recorder that I gave him
Road to Mole National Park: One of the more traditional petrol stations
Mole National Park: Sunrise
Mole National Park: Monkeys!
Mole National Park: Warthogs! ('You can be a big pig too' - Lion King)
Mole National Park: Elephants!
Mole National Park: Me and my buddy the elephant
Near Tamale: Traditional huts in the North of the country
Near Tamale: Traders selling while there is a break on the bus trip
Orphanage: Emmanuel carrying maize flour
Orphanage: Myself after having my hair braided for 4 hours
Orphanage: The children playing high jump, straight onto the hard earth
Local Village: Kente weaving
Orphanage: Me helping in the children's kitchen
Local Village: Me with Ghanian actors after filming the movie
Local Village: The water fetching line
Lake Bosumtwi: The view
Orphanage: Kwame (with an Australian flag sticker on his head)
and Mabena waving goodbye
Kumasi: Me leading the church choir in my traditional African dress
Cape Coast: The slave fort
Cape Coast: The dungeons
Cape Coast: The 'Door of No Return'
Cape Coast: View from the Commissioner's window
Cape Coast: The door to the church
with a trapdoor to check on the slaves in the dungeons
(tour guide - 'heaven and hell')
Cape Coast: An amusing sign on the university campus
Canopy Walk: Walk reached a height of 40 metres above the forest floor
Canopy Walk: Me on one of the bridges
Elmina: A Shrine
The culture shock has taken me a bit by surprise. I was only gone for almost 4 months but I get back and see too many white people, I see too much money and too much choice. I have seriously been thinking about going back and starting up my own orphanage with a Ghanian friend who has the same ambition. Where does one start?