Day 6 of the apple cider at room temp. Way more noticeable smell when the cloth cover is lifted off – apple-y and more sour. Funky foamy scum on top, which I skimmed off. Taste test: definitely got more of that tangy zing that fermented stuff has. I’m gonna bottle it up and let it sit [...]

I’ve been wanting to get into homebrewing beer for a while now. I’ve been slowly building up my supply of Howe Sound Brewery’s reusable 1L bottles (what a chore to drink all that beer). I’ve sat in on my friend Keira making a batch and I have a few other friends who are avid homebrewers, so [...]

Last weekend I visited Elmina, a coastal town about 3 hours west of Accra. I really wanted to get out of the city for at least one whole day. Plus there’s a castle there that the Portuguese built (later taken over by the Dutch, then the English) that I really wanted to see. There’s one in [...]

Just a brief update while I’m waiting for someone to show up. One thing about Ghana, you have a lot of time to think, because you wait around a lot. You really have to get over the idea that anyone might care about your time. I’m not saying it’s disrespectful, our notions of “wasting our time” [...]

Hey y’all. It’s been awhile, I’ve been keeping busy! I’ve unofficially finished my time with the GEU but we do have more work to do together. The website design is done and now I await feedback on content. I’ve made arrangements to go back on Wednesday to speak to Divine directly, so hopefully we can get [...]

Just a little taste of Accra, and part of my commute home. I take a quick tro ride to Station, where I get another that goes straight to Haatso. Tros don’t depart until they’re full, so sometimes you sit there for a long time. Other times there can be a huge queue. Lots of people [...]

My day at work at the GEU was very quiet and productive. I have the wireframe done for the website and had some time to insert some copy supplied by Divine. I talked to the receptionist to get a digital version of their logo, it’s pretty cute. The power only went out once, and only [...]

Yesterday was Independence Day, celebrating 54 years of freedom from colonial rule in Ghana – the first nation in Africa to do so. Akum, Raph and I drove up to the mountains just north of Accra. Beautiful views on the way, we passed Rita Marley’s house (and recording studio) on the way up, and many fruit [...]

I’m running a bit behind… I guess it’s because I’m busy doing stuff! Which is good! Wild Gecko is a really nice spot, lots of cool crafty stuff. I had to show a bit of financial restraint and only buy a couple of things. They have all these tents set up with artists doing their thing, [...]

Akum and a friend of his are picking me up in a couple hours to sightsee and take me to Wild Gecko, an arts & crafts market here in Accra. I’m in my room doing a bit of work in the meantime. I’d sit out at the common area at the hotel but I have A/C [...]

So it turns out I’m an idiot, I didn’t actually blow up my power supply. My power bar was the issue, I looked at the bottom and it can’t handle the voltage here. So my compy is fully operational (other than it’s Windows and slow as molasses) and I can do my job.  Oh, I [...]