Macaulay in Ghana

Last night was our first legit thunderstorm here in Accra.  The lights flickered every now and then, as the electricity went in and out.  Luckily it was bedtime by then after a long trip to Cape Coast that day. Now that we only have two more days in Ghana, reflections from our group are starting […]

Yesterday we had dinner with a group of students from BMCC who are studying at the University of Ghana. They arrived in Ghana one day before us. It was refreshing to meet others with similar backgrounds and discuss how we are experiencing and understanding this country. Tomorrow we begin our travel outside of Accra and […]

Today we began putting up the mosquito nets around the village by the school.  Seeing how the previous day went – complete with heat, humidity, and sun – we had no way to gauge the level of difficulty of our task at hand, but can only hope it was not as strenuous as our approximately […]

We began the morning by going to visit a small fishing village on the beach. It’s wasn’t exactly comes to your mind when you think of a beach. It was nice to go off the beaten path and see a bit of the real Ghana. There were lots of people working, catching their fish for […]

We began the morning by going to visit a small fishing village on the beach. It’s wasn’t exactly comes to your mind when you think of a beach. It was nice to go off the beaten path and see a bit of the real Ghana. There were lots of people working, catching their fish for […]

We began the morning by going to visit a small fishing village on the beach. It’s wasn’t exactly comes to your mind when you think of a beach. It was nice to go off the beaten path and see a bit of the real Ghana. There were lots of people working, catching their fish for […]

Night three.  I think after two days of driving around Accra, visiting the school, going to the markets, and experiencing the nightlife, the fact that I am actually here in Ghana, in Africa, has actually sunken in.  The first night, our third floor bathroom was experiencing some plumbing problems, waking under mosquito nets, and the […]

Well, synchronicity being what it is, the mayor of Accra is visiting the U.S. at this time.  On the day of our departure, it just so happened that the mayor of Accra was having breakfast with our service partner, Japhet, at a notable restaurant in Harlem.  That restaurant, Sylvia’s,  just happens to be one block from my […]

In about seven hours my fellow Ghana travellers and I will be boarding a plane. I’m yet to get myself worked up about where it will be landing as I still can’t believe we’ll be on it for 11 hours. When we get to ghana our watches will jump ahead 4 hours which shouldn’t be […]

With less than 24 hours left before the flight, one would think that I am completely packed and checking over my lists to make sure I didn’t miss anything. But one would be completely wrong. In fact, as I write this, I can see my completely empty suitcase from the corner of my eyes, a […]