Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Lizard exposes woman in Church!
This is a story from a newspaper in Ghana. I don't really have much to add, just read the report:
Click on the image above to get full, readable size.
Click on the image above to get full, readable size.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Rain Rain Rain!
In Ghana we get some impressive tropical thunderstorms, today I was caught in the middle of a huge thunderstorm on my way from Accra to Obuasi. At one stage I had to pull over and stop because the visibility was terrible.
Fallen trees are quite a common site during thunderstorms, luckily I managed to get around this one without to much trouble.
Fallen trees are quite a common site during thunderstorms, luckily I managed to get around this one without to much trouble.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
What type of bike is this?
More strange sights from Ghana, this is Kweku riding the "Hicycle" (made that up!), I just saw him riding it along the road so I stopped and took some pics.
How does he get on? If you look at the bottom bike you will see a single pedal, he sort of runs beside the bike to get it going and uses the 3rd pedal at the bottom as a step and simply jumps on.
How does he get on? If you look at the bottom bike you will see a single pedal, he sort of runs beside the bike to get it going and uses the 3rd pedal at the bottom as a step and simply jumps on.
African Bull
The other day I drove around a corner to meet this beast ahead of me!
This reminds me of a joke:
Q. Why do the swiss but cow bells on cows?
A. Because their horns don't work.
This reminds me of a joke:Q. Why do the swiss but cow bells on cows?
A. Because their horns don't work.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Electrical problems
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Leo & Leah, the Boerboels
These dogs belong to a friend of mine, the breed is from South Africa and is called a Boerboel or South African Mastiff.
They are great dogs and very playful, but I wouldn't like to be on the wrong end of an aggressive Boerboel!
From Wikipedia: "Boerboels are a very dominant but intelligent breed, with a strong watchdog instinct. They are self-assured and fearless, but responsive to the needs of the family displaying an intuitive ability to sense if the family is in danger. Like other large dogs with a strong guard instinct, the Boerboel needs to be watched around strangers always, and introduced to friends and other dogs early on to avoid aggression, and like all dogs should never be left with young children unattended. They are a dog that thrive on love and attention and need constant companionship from their owners and cannot be left alone for regular extended periods without becoming destructive, reckless and dangerous."
Above are photos of Leo, a three year old Boerboel dog.
And this is Leah, a seven month old Boerboel bitch.
Leah & Leo playing.
They are great dogs and very playful, but I wouldn't like to be on the wrong end of an aggressive Boerboel!
From Wikipedia: "Boerboels are a very dominant but intelligent breed, with a strong watchdog instinct. They are self-assured and fearless, but responsive to the needs of the family displaying an intuitive ability to sense if the family is in danger. Like other large dogs with a strong guard instinct, the Boerboel needs to be watched around strangers always, and introduced to friends and other dogs early on to avoid aggression, and like all dogs should never be left with young children unattended. They are a dog that thrive on love and attention and need constant companionship from their owners and cannot be left alone for regular extended periods without becoming destructive, reckless and dangerous."
Above are photos of Leo, a three year old Boerboel dog.
And this is Leah, a seven month old Boerboel bitch.
Leah & Leo playing.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Ashanti Gold vs Sahel FC
Last Sunday I went to watch a football match between the local team Ashanti Gold and a team from Niger called Sahel FC.
This was the second leg, Ashgold had lost the first leg 1-0 in Niger so then needed a convincing victory to go through to the next round. I was fortune enough to sit with the VVIP's and was only a few seats away from the delegates from the away team Sahel FC.
The first half was very tense, both teams scored within minutes of each other after about 15 minutes. At halftime most of the crowd was disappointed by the way that Ashgold had played, then came the second half!
About 10 minutes after half time I noticed a disturbance in the crowd where the away supporters were seated, these seemed to be a number of Ashgold fans fighting with the away supporters, yes it even happens in Africa! I then notice the police chasing a couple of of the away fans, then 5 minutes later the two away fans appeared just in front of me being treated by the St. John's medics. It later transpired that the two fans had Juju or black magic on them that were preventing Ashgold from scoring, during the disagreement the Juju was taken from the away fans and Ashgold went on to score a further 5 goals, winning 6-2 on aggregate.
I have uploaded quite a few photos of the match to my Flickr account, slide show is below:
Slide show of match between Ashanti Gold of Ghana & Sahel FC of Niger.
This was the second leg, Ashgold had lost the first leg 1-0 in Niger so then needed a convincing victory to go through to the next round. I was fortune enough to sit with the VVIP's and was only a few seats away from the delegates from the away team Sahel FC.
The first half was very tense, both teams scored within minutes of each other after about 15 minutes. At halftime most of the crowd was disappointed by the way that Ashgold had played, then came the second half!
About 10 minutes after half time I noticed a disturbance in the crowd where the away supporters were seated, these seemed to be a number of Ashgold fans fighting with the away supporters, yes it even happens in Africa! I then notice the police chasing a couple of of the away fans, then 5 minutes later the two away fans appeared just in front of me being treated by the St. John's medics. It later transpired that the two fans had Juju or black magic on them that were preventing Ashgold from scoring, during the disagreement the Juju was taken from the away fans and Ashgold went on to score a further 5 goals, winning 6-2 on aggregate.
I have uploaded quite a few photos of the match to my Flickr account, slide show is below:
Slide show of match between Ashanti Gold of Ghana & Sahel FC of Niger.
Lightning!
This evening we were treated to a pretty awesome thunderstorm, unfortunately most of the lightning was sheet lightning, but about 30 minutes after the rain had stopped I managed to get some half decent lightning photos.
It was the first time I had tried taking photos of lightning but I was fairly happy with the results, hopefully the next storm will be much more spectacular!
It was the first time I had tried taking photos of lightning but I was fairly happy with the results, hopefully the next storm will be much more spectacular!
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