Omdurman’s Souq is one of Sudan’s largest centres of trade, and should be seen as an entire neighbourhood rather than a contained market. Sitting on…
Exploring Konso’s Hilltop Heritage
The beautiful southern region of Ethiopia is home to a collection of unique tribes who’s traditional lifestyles have remained remarkably unchanged for what is believed…
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…
Putting Jachie on the Map
Not to be found on our map of West Africa or in our guide book Jachie is a place that could be easily missed. We…
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…
Atakpamé – A City With a View
Atakpamé in central Togo has been our favourite city so far. On arrival we were greeted by a spectacular view of the sun setting over…
Benin Briefly
Benin was a complete contrast to Senegal and we found it a lot harder travelling here. Saying that however it struck us both as a…
Senegal Synopsis
Saying hello Senegalese style whether to a friend or just a passer by: “Ca va bien?” “bien, ca va?” “ca va bien merci, ca va?”…
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…