Pictures: First Set
Today I deviate from my usual weekend posting. I have started uploading my photos to Flickr and have the first set ready. If you click on many of the thumbnails, there are descriptions. The obvious in a row shots don’t have descriptions. Imagine they say ditto! I will try and do more later today!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/misskath/sets/72157627565605469/
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September 17, 2011 at 11:50 am
Thanks for the wonderful photos. We here in the US sometimes forget that much of the world’s population don’t have anything close to the standard of living that we enjoy. We should be thankful for our country instead of the bickering and extreme partisan politics our leaders continue to display.
September 17, 2011 at 12:59 pm
Bob,
You are right about the standard of living. I remember reading that countries like Ghana, without the influx of capital, will never reach our standard of living. We are depleting too many resources.
September 17, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Moving photos. The cake looks like the only thing there worth eating. I’m amazed at the dreary coast line. The grounded boats are in such disrepair. The opening shots of some of the buildings, Ryan ha ha ha, look like they could be here in Florida. But I can’t stop laughing at their 7/11’s. My treat for today. I know you loved it there.
September 17, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Z&Me,
Those crabs would have been amazing. I remember paying someone to get rock lobsters which were immediatley cooked. They were the best I’ve ever eaten. Those shellfish would have been fresh from the sea and absolutely sweet in a seafood stew.
Cake is not the usual in Ghana.
September 17, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Hey Kat!
Welcome home!
Great pictures…you are really quite the photographer.
Sigh. Maybe someday I will visit a foreign country. 🙂
September 17, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Coleen,
DON”T! I swear it was the Peace Corps which gave me the travel bug. If I hadn’t started, I’d be rich today. My suggestion is always Ireland or England for a first country. Ease your way into travel by going where you mostly understand the language.
September 17, 2011 at 6:46 pm
I disagree with you, although England is very nice, but today you can find people who speak English almost everywhere in the world in the most places. Of course we and the British are two peoples separated by a common language.
September 17, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Love those photographs! Especially those from the ocean. I have no idea if what they had catched was something to have though 🙂
I like that little, should I call it grocery store?. I think it is tomatoes and that just made me think of the useless ones I grew myself this summer 🙂 🙂 🙂 I bet those in that little store tasted fantastic 🙂
Thanks for showing these for us!
Tonight was rather cold, we only had 26,6F here but sunshine when we walked away this morning.
Have a great day!.
Christer.
September 17, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Christer,
All those crabs would be quite tasty, especially right from the boats.
Those are kiosks and are all over Ghana, especially on the sides of the road. I used to buy all my cans of anything from them when I lived there. The ones we saw had lots of fruits and vegetables this time of year. The tomaotoes are delicious.
It was cold here last night as well and the western part of the state, where the mountains are is expecting its frist frost.
September 17, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Much greener than I expected, particularly liked the fishing boats. Thankful that the experience was not croc damaged. Future photo albums need an appropriate warning
September 17, 2011 at 3:57 pm
My Dear Hedley,
This is the rainy season so everything is green. Accra, where these were taken, is always green sitting on the ocean as it is. Where I lived will turn brown and dusty once the rains stop.
A few postins yet before you need to avert your eyes!
September 17, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Thanks for your interesting stories and beautiful photos!
Learning in Europe about Ghana/Africa by an American,
– internet brings the world together.
September 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Birgit,
It is my pleasure!
I love the internet for exactly that reason. You get to stay in touch so easily with people from all over.
September 17, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Bob,
I have friends who are too uncomfortable to travel to places where they are not surrounded by English. In Morocco, I found few English speakers: French was their second language. I used one friend in my mind as my example. England for him was easy.
September 18, 2011 at 1:03 am
and even if they do speak english their dialect can be so bad that it is hard to understand what they say anyway 🙂 🙂 English isn´t that welll spread in southern Europe to be honest.
September 18, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Christer,
I know I was in trouble in Finland where the second language was Swedish.