September 2020 – My Marvellous Mundane

Seeing double at the Ga Mashie Twins Yam festival in Jamestown Accra

September 18, 2020February 12, 2023Best of Accra - places to see and things to do in and around Accra, Local Ghana festivals, culture and life1 Comment

Twin ladies at the Ga Mashie Twin Festival in Accra Ghana When my mom and I went on a walking tour of Jamestown Accra last year which I wrote about here, Collins our tour guide from Jamestown Walking Tours mentioned the upcoming well known Homowo and Chale Wote local festivals taking place in a few…

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Kokrobite Gardens – a soothing balm for the senses

September 3, 2020February 12, 2023Holidays in Ghana - best places to vacationLeave a Comment

I spontaneously enquire about Kokrobite Garden’s accommodation a few days before the weekend, hopeful that in these strange Corona times there will still be space. Our weekend plans are cemented when I get warm sounding voice notes from Caye, who owns Kokrobite Gardens with her husband Franko. She tells me in her beautiful Spanish soft-spoken…

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I am a South African who has been living in Accra, Ghana with my wonderful husband and two young children for the last three and a half years. We came here for my husband’s work and have fallen hard for this delightful West African country full of colour, vibrancy and heart!

I have always enjoyed taking photos and here in Ghana I’m forever seeing clusters of colours, and noticing the extraordinary in the ordinary. As I also have a great love for words, I have created this blog where I combine these two things I am passionate about, to tell the stories of our marvellous adventures so far as expats living in Accra, Ghana.

I have been fortunate in the time we have lived here to travel around parts of Ghana, to attend some very interesting local Ghanaian festivals and to see a lot of Accra through walking tours and exploring places off the beaten track. I am writing the blog that I wished I had found before living here so that I had a sense of what life here was all about, and what was on offer to do and see in Ghana.

Maybe you are here because you are interested and curious about what life is like as expats in Accra or perhaps you are coming to Ghana for a holiday or to live here, and are looking for suggestions on things to do and places to see in Ghana. Either way I hope you find my blog useful and enjoyable! Thank you for reading our stories.

Lauren Simpson