Driving through the idyllic green expanses of eastern Ethiopia with the rainy season just beginning you could be fooled into thinking this was a land…
Ghana-rama
Ghana is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, after finding oil off the coast international investment has been pouring in. Beautiful, vibrant and…
Pure Water – 2013’s Top 5 Vintage’s
Although not known for its fine wines West Africa is the region for Pure Water (known locally as Pyaar Waata or Sachet du l’Eau). Locally…
Plan Ghana – Koforidua
Although developed in many ways Ghana is still home to children who live in poverty. Having traveled around the country for over a month we…
The Green Turtle – Lazing, Lawbreaking and Lunacy
Leaving Accra and heading to the coast we found ourselves at The Green Turtle. A beach-side lodge hidden on the shores of the most southerly…
Plan Togo – Pascaline is not a Goat
Having worked with Plan for the last couple of months and being impressed with the ethos and execution of their projects we knew that the money…
The Amazons of Black Sparta and Benin’s Warrioresses
Before 1975 Benin was known as Dahomey after its pre-colonial empire, a civilisation which dominated the southern region for nearly three hundred years (c.1620 –…
Plan Benin- Natitingou
The eight hour drive from Cotonou to Natitingou took us through the spectacular scenery of Benin. The undulating green farmland of the South seemed to…
Perspiring in Benin
As we stepped off the plane the sweat began to trickle and the humidity of a new country hit us in the face, we had…
Casa Farm – Taking the Organic Route
Casa Farm was our first WWOOF stop, a world-wide organic farming organisation. We arrived at Casa Farm precariously balanced on motor bikes (Jakartas) and were…