Tag Archives: traveling with children

Spitfire and Samphire

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

The celebrations continued for a couple of weeks. In my home town of Leamington Spa, the children made up for the last soggy month of convalescence in Côte d’Ivoire: balmy days spent meeting cousins for the first time, having picnics … Continue reading →

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Bietjie Bietjie Maak Baie

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

LIBERIA: free at last! Truly that’s what it felt like to finally get out of Côte d’Ivoire. I have nothing against the place – its people were very kind to us and the coast was beautiful – but the unscheduled … Continue reading →

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Things I Have Learned About Having Malaria and Typhoid At The Same Time

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

Dear Mom, WE’RE ALL ABSOLUTELY FINE. Now. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you at the time, but I thought you’d had enough to fret about this month, what with Ruby in hospital and all four of us down with some … Continue reading →

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A Birthday to Remember

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

We arrived in Balmer, San Pédro on the evening of the day we were diagnosed with typhoid, 7th June. Zola was far more concerned with how many days remained till his 10th birthday – as is traditional in the Sampson … Continue reading →

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Things I Have Learned About Typhoid

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

We spent a week recuperating Chez Jules. We parked the truck right next to his boma so all Ruby had to do was crawl outside and lie in the shade. After the two intravenous drips at the hospital, she now … Continue reading →

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Côte d’Ivoire: Just Grand

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

We immediately liked Côte d’Ivoire. It was emptier, cleaner, greener than Ghana. It was also poorer, but prouder – dust was being swept outside roadside stalls again. There were no more piles of rubble or tacky advertising hoardings. It was … Continue reading →

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Ezile Bay: A Taste of Paradise

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

The first time we came to Ezile Bay, we’d been to check out Busua, the more famous surf tourism spot, and were on our way to Cape Three Points, Ghana’s southernmost tip. About 45 minutes down an increasingly narrow and … Continue reading →

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The President’s Right

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

Ten minutes after our encounter with the off-putting Georges, as we were rattling down a backroad along the coast, I suggested to Sampson he pull off at a random left towards the beach. I was still shaking and just longing … Continue reading →

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Accra: Living in a Box

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

Ghana’s Independence Day, March 6th, started with a dramatic sky very reminiscent of the movie of the same name. Mom had just left, we were back at the Accra Mall and I was in a bit of a slump. A … Continue reading →

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Going GhaNanas

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Africa Clockwise

Storytelling in strict chronological order will have to be abandoned in Ghana, or this blog will become unbearably tedious – if it hasn’t already. So brace yourself for an onslaught of overviews. Ghana was unusual for us, because instead of … Continue reading →

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