Great blog from Steph who has been volunteering with VSO in northern Ghana for the past two years. I can relate to some of these even after just a few weeks in Ghana.
- You no longer find it strange to see a wide screened TV / fridge / live goat / dead goat / bicycle / a whole family / a bare saw/spade/hammer or tightly strapped bible being carried on a motorbike
- You are perfectly comfortable talking to complete strangers in a shared taxi with a cracked windscreen and broken doors
- You can’t get your motorbike started and feel completely free to beckon a complete stranger to come and help you
- You fully expect to see vehicles coming towards you at a keen pace on the wrong side of the road and are now using your horn freely
- The metro mass bus station feels like home
- You do your fruit shopping by stopping at the side of the road on your motorbike in proximity to a fruit stall, opening the visor of your helmet and shouting for what you want
- A trip to…
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