The baby theme continues! I was thrilled when I received an invite from David, a colleague that I have met through my work here, we have been teasing him for weeks about his new born baby having no name, and finally the ceremony is here and I am invited. Going there alone, I'm faced with two challenges. Number one - what time do I go? The invite says 9am, but does that actually mean 9am? It also say 'prompt', but really how 'prompt' are we talking? I ha...

There are two things you need to ride on the back of my colleague James' moto. The first is a good set of strong hands, to hold on for dear life. The second is a big fat bottom, to protect you from the bumps and potholes ahead! Seeing as I have neither, I was in for a bit of a shock whizzing out to far-out communities at 70km per hour up and down dirt track, through rivers and over hills, some 50km away from town! The only good thing about going so fast was ...

After visiting Em in June, she asked me to write an entry for her blog. here goes .... Having been lucky enough to visit a lot of far flung and distinctive places all over the world, I have somehow never quite made it to sub-Saharan Africa before. So with Em off to Ghana for a year, it seemed the perfect opportunity to explore a new place with a lovely (and knowledgeable!) friend. Stepping off my connection to Tamale, about half-way up Ghana and as far as ...

Ghana never fails to make an impression on me. What a beautiful coastline, and a fantastic break! The 18 hour bus journey, which had no less than 7 Nigerian movies blaring back to back way into the night along the bumpy roads, no more than three pee stops in daylight at smelly and unsightly urinals (not on your nelly am I risking those things at night!), and one hugely built policeman equip with serious muscles and an even more serious gun, was less exhausting t...

I never expected you could see so many gorgeous bundles of babies all in one place! Beautiful little round faces, shiny cheeky cheeks, big wide overwhelmed brown eyes, some snugggled deep under layers of thickly knitted wool jumpers and bonnets, other strapped tightly to their mothers backs, eyes peeping over the top of the wrap, little feet sticking out on on either side of mummys tummy. Round bumps of babies bottoms everywhere, cute little toes wiggling abbou...