Just returned stateside from western Africa - have several days to recover and then off to Jamaica tomorrow! A plethora of activities await on this Caribbean island nation and I will be posting updates here over the next few days. Looking forward to some hot Caribbean sunshine! Have you been to Jamaica before? I'd love to hear some of your favorite recommendations both for outdoor activities as well as restaurants. Definitely looking … [Read more...]
Converter Collection
Here is a collection of some of the converters, adaptors, usb, solar chargers and other small electronic devices that have served us well during our trips. This is becoming quite the collection! … [Read more...]
Photos & Video
I've put some photos online from the trip so far: Ghana: www.davestravelcorner.com/photography/gallery/international/ghana Cote d'Ivoire: www.davestravelcorner.com/photography/gallery/international/cote-divoire Here is a video I shot from my time volunteering at YCC Ghana. … [Read more...]
Kakum Rainforest Walk, Cape Coast
I just arrived in Ghana's Cape Coast for a few days of much needed R&R. The bus travelled with an armed guard. I'm not an expert in high caliber weaponry but the gun he was holding sure looked like an AK47. Here we were cruising through the jungles of the Cote d'Ivoire with a bunch of 25KG bags labeled “Uncle Sam” rice from Thailand strewn all over the floor. I soon found out this rice was for a humanitarian mission; apparently public … [Read more...]
Exploring Abidjan
Took an early initiative today to explore Abidjan. Thank goodness for some European styled food and salads with real vinegar - been craving salad ever since I arrived in West Africa! Abidjan is the world's 4th largest French speaking city and my English doesn't go too far here, although I've met a few Ghana expats and Ghana travelers who speak English. Prices are high for taxis, lodging, food and most everything else I found. This is a city … [Read more...]
Internet Cafe, Abidjan
I spent all morning walking around downtown Abidjan, cursorily looking for a net cafe. Imagine my excitement after 4 hours of searching to come upon the "Cyber Cafe" - I walked up stairs ready to get online and asked to use a computer. "sorry, we don't have any internet access here." … [Read more...]
Arrived in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
After 19+ years of writing my first Pen Pal friend, first starting with postal mail I met up with Kwesi, a journalist in Accra. I’ve been staying with him and it was amazing to finally meet in person after all this time. I had re-read all his original letters before this trip. Today I woke up in Accra without any real plans other than I was going to leave the country for some additional exploration of West Africa. After a few phone calls it … [Read more...]
Ghana is ALIVE
The ENTIRE country is ALIVE! I'm sitting out on the darkened porch fighting mosquitoes like no tomorrow and Ghana just scored - major noise coming from all homes nearby - every type of noise imaginable, cheering, screaming, yelling, crying, chanting, horns, whistles and metal bells clanging! I'm in the country and I hear this sustained noise everywhere across the countryside! Now the music has started and people are singing! Uruguay has a long … [Read more...]
Working in the Corn Fields!
Nothing like working on a computer in a corn field! With the modern wonders of usb wireless modems to connect into the mobile phone's network and the added benefit of having a netbook which inherently has a long battery life, I can perch myself, seated Thai style on the fertile ground among the corn plants, communicating with half the world, albeit agonizingly slowly at times. I compare the Internet speed here to the speed at which these … [Read more...]
South Africa to London Trip!
Greetings from Ghana atm - just got an email today about an interesting trip. If anyone is interested post back here and I'll hook you up with Sergey who is planning this trip starting Sept/Oct of 2010. He's looking for someone relatively quickly so he can commit on this .... ~ Dave -------------------------------------------------- I’m looking for some intrepid travelers to join me on a long-term stint around eastern Africa. Let me briefly … [Read more...]
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