Happy New Year! I am currently in Accra, and I will travel again tomorrow to Hoehoe in the Volta Region where I will spend 10 days or so. I saw in 2007 with a lovely crowd of people at Green Turtle Lodge, in an evening that started with a huge tasty fish barbeque, followed by traditional drumming and dancing by a local group, with a big bonfire and bubbly on the beach at midnight. A new year to remember indeed! Tom (owner of GT) devised a special cocktail ca...

I write this entry in haste, as I still have some last minute Christmas shopping to do, and Takoradi is busier than ever! I have just got back from 4 days at Brenu Beach Resort, where Fiffi and I led training workshops for the 5 teachers at Mansek. There are a dozen or so photos from this in the Photo Album. Brenu was the perfect location, and we both felt we achieved a lot, both with the training and with the rehearsals of the orchestra every eveing. Now Christm...

After another weekend chill out at Green Turtle Lodge, and a visit to Fort Metal Cross at Dixcove, it’s been another eventful week in Takoradi, where I’ve been busy preparing for teacher training workshops next week, helping negotiate gigs for the Highlife band at Busua Beach over Christmas, and most importantly – sorting through the orchestra music which has finally arrived from the UK! BACK AT GREEN TURTLE I returned to Green Turtle Lodg...

Hello! I’ve had a very fun, busy week in Takoradi, working a full timetable in Mansek, and enjoying lots of other things- playing two gigs in a day on Farmer’s Day, watching the local football team, meeting up with fellow Brits Andrew and James, and becoming a Ghanain millionaire! Having re-read my earlier blogs, and I am increasingly aware that my reports seem to only scratch the surface of my experience. I think that any amount of writing will find ...

Hello! This is the first substantial postcard I've written for the past fortnight, as I've been relaxing at the Green Turtle Lodge at nearby Akwidda - a much needed break after being in the hustle and bustle of Takoradi for the past month! If you're feeling the cold in the wintry UK perhaps you'd better skip that section of the blog (think palm trees, clear blue sea, hammocks, beach cricket, sunsets, etc!). Other than that I've had a weekend e...