It's the 1st of May and, like clockwork, it has arrived! The rainy season is here, arriving with a real bang (or a hundred!) in the middle of the night and completely and utterly scaring me out of my wits! I have never, ever seen or heard anything like it, I honestly felt like I was in the middle of the apocalypse!! I was rudely awoken from my happy and peaceful heat-induced slumber at daft o'clock in the pitch black of night by a wind that was so ferociou...

John and Bev, a wondeful couple, who have shared with us many a beverage, even a Sheena Gin double. Some fun times we've had, and some crazy times too Your smiles and your laughter We'll really miss you Through the heat and the stress of the early days You've coped wwith Ghanaian challenges In so many ways! Your optimistic positive spirit and wise outlook Have given enough guidance for us to write a book Even though you're about to go away We will mi...

By far the biggest event on the calendar this week was John and Bev's leaving party. I think I mentioned they wanted a quiet affair, just a small something to say a few little goodbyes...well when you have made so many friends, and had such a positive impact on so many people, it's kind of hard to slip away quietly! After lots of preparation (and support from friends in Bolga!) we had the whole shebang ready and set for a fun day of frolics. Bev had cooked ...

This last week has been another mini whirlwind. My life at the moment seems to resemble the mini tornadoes that we get here - you see them picking up in the distance, small little whirly wind torrents that pick up all the plastic bags lying around (did I mention that there are literally huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuundreds of them scattered around here - it's awful!) and spin them around in the air like playful little black and white birds. It's quite bizzare in the midd...

The last few days I have been settling into my lovely new house and I thought it deserved a blog entry. It is now starting to feel like home away from home :), mainly thanks to Bev's cooking (amaaaazing mashed potatoes!!!) and Johns pottering and D.I.Y. around the place (I now have a tap that works woo hoo!), as well as the stream of visitors that pop by to greet us, and our many interesting neighbours, who I am slowly but surely getting to know. First there i...