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    Day 42: Sierra Leone Visa

    I received an email from Street Child today with a letter of introduction for my visa application. Due to power; cuts so nobody able to print it for me, I took a chance and went to the consul with it on a memory stick. Fortunately they agreed to…

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    Day 41: Geocaching

    For those that do not geocache. Please check out www.geocaching.com. I introduced Hussain to geocaching today. In the whole of the city of Accra there are only 3 caches. Hopefully now the Ghana Scouts will rectify that by hiding some more.

  • Day 40: A Dam Good One

    I picked up Hussain this morning and we went up to the hydro electric dam at Akosombo. It is across the river Volta and provides much of the country’s electricity and that of neighbouring countries. I was expecting something huge but, although big, it was not massive. There…

  • Day 39: I found a KFC!!

    Kentucky Fried Chicken is a big vice for me. I hate their animal welfare standards, I hate they use shop much grease, I hate the fact that their chips are sometimes limp and soggy. But I LOVE the spicy coating. At home my regular order is a 3…

  • Day 38: Lifes a Beach

    Nice chill out day today. This morning I did a few housekeeping chores such as washing and walked down the road to buy a few things such as fruit. This afternoon I picked up Hussain and we went to the beach for the afternoon. I was probably the…

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    Day 37: A Big Decision

    As you will have guessed from my posts over the last few days, I have been wrestling with a choice between continuing East then South to Cape Town and fly home, or to go West then South to Sierra Leone and then North back through Europe. It was…