The visas have arrived and we leave in 5 days time. Our practice packing, unpacking, and re-packing session was hilarious and led inevitably to the purchase of a larger suitcase.
We are now spending some of our time doing the things that we know we will miss: cycling in the countryside (like the annual Essex Churches Ride, last Saturday), and going to the theatre. We met up with a number of friends at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park and saw a great performance of Hello Dolly. The Regents Park Theatre on a sunny and dry evening is such a wonderful London experience. If you’ve never done it, book for next summer and let us know when you are going! We also saw “The Pitmen Painters” at the National Theatre. Anyone with an interest in both politics and art should find this both moving and entertaining. We thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing and learnt a little more of the life and times of coal miners in the 1930s.
We hear on the Ghana news that exciting things are happening in Wa. This year would be the 100th birthday of Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the republic of Ghana. The current president, John Mills, has organised celebrations throughout the country in honour of Dr. Nkrumah. These include carrying the “One Unity Ghana Flag” to each region. This week it is in Wa and there are numerous celebrations throughout the town. The flag is due to arrive in Accra on 21st September. This is 2 days after our arrival, so watch this space ………
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Linda and Haydn
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We used this blog to record some of our experiences in Ghana. There is no facility for adding your own comments. However, if you would like to keep in touch with us and/or have any comments or questions about anything, please feel free to email us. We'd love to hear from you. It is all over now and we are back in London with many happy memories and a deeper understanding of life in Sub Saharan Africa.
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Quotes
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need never be lived again" Maya Angelou
“Give a person a fish; you have fed them for today. Teach a person to fish; you have fed them for a lifetime. But help that person to get the fish to market and get a fair price and you have the potential for economic growth and sustained poverty reduction”. Barack Obama on the principles to apply to agriculture in Africa.
“Give a person a fish; you have fed them for today. Teach a person to fish; you have fed them for a lifetime. But help that person to get the fish to market and get a fair price and you have the potential for economic growth and sustained poverty reduction”. Barack Obama on the principles to apply to agriculture in Africa.