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• March 11, 2010
• 17:12

  Giving it up for Ghana Police!

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  div class="mobile-photo"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5kkcJNQW8I/AAAAAAAAClQ/uiifPPfbRWY/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0783-735975.jpg"img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447425290207779778" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5kkcJNQW8I/AAAAAAAAClQ/uiifPPfbRWY/s320/Samsung-ekb-0783-735975.jpg" //a/divdiv class="mobile-photo"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5kkcRf9bFI/AAAAAAAAClY/1P7IpQcFg94/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0784-737454.jpg"img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447425292433714258" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5kkcRf9bFI/AAAAAAAAClY/1P7IpQcFg94/s320/Samsung-ekb-0784-737454.jpg" //a/divdiv class="mobile-photo"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5kkdAfkS1I/AAAAAAAAClg/5NwPPudgxLU/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0786-739705.jpg"img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447425305048533842" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5kkdAfkS1I/AAAAAAAAClg/5NwPPudgxLU/s320/Samsung-ekb-0786-739705.jpg" //a/divbr /div class="gmail_quote"Finally, Ghana Police got their act together this morning, and showed up at a major point on the Spintex Road. Let's keep our fingers crossed for Friday!;-)br /br /br //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-2865757333414727476?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• 17:06

  Giving it up for Ghana Police!

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  Finally, Ghana Police got their act together this morning, and showed up. Let#39;s keep our fingers crossed for Friday!;-)brbrimg title="Samsung-ekb-0786.jpg" alt="Samsung-ekb-0786.jpg" src="cid:ii_1274e2e064713e4e"br clear="all" brbr div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4504875829947024080?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• March 10, 2010
• 15:17

  All Roads Lead to Tema !

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  p class="mobile-photo"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5e4Ao-8zPI/AAAAAAAACk8/fBzDyremHLM/s1600-h/Image134-742787.jpg"img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5e4Ao-8zPI/AAAAAAAACk8/fBzDyremHLM/s320/Image134-742787.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447024595468864754" //a/pp class="mobile-photo"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5e4BAtPuQI/AAAAAAAAClE/vr0Ujzxsj0A/s1600-h/Image135-744298.jpg"img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5e4BAtPuQI/AAAAAAAAClE/vr0Ujzxsj0A/s320/Image135-744298.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447024601837058306" //a/pThis is what a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tema"wikipedia/a says about Tema:brbrdiv style="margin-left: 40px;"bTema/b, population 209,000 (2005), is a city on the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean"Atlantic Ocean/a coast, east of the capital city of a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra" title="Accra"Accra/a, in the region of a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Accra" title="Greater Accra" class="mw-redirect"Greater Accra/a, in a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana"Ghana/a, a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa"West Africa/a. Originally a small a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing"fishing/a village, it grew after the construction of a large a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour" title="Harbour" class="mw-redirect"harbour/a in 1961 and is now is the nation#39;s largest a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_port" title="Sea port" class="mw-redirect"sea port/a. It is also home to an a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refinery" title="Oil refinery"oil refinery/a and is an important centre of a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing"manufacturing/a. It is linked to the capital by a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway" title="Railway" class="mw-redirect"railway/a and a a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway" title="Highway"highway/a. Tema is one of Ghana#39;s two deep seaports; a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekondi_Takoradi" title="Sekondi Takoradi" class="mw-redirect"Sekondi Takoradi/a is the other. Tema is the nearest city to the geographical position of 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude (which lies several hundred miles south in the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bight_of_Benin" title="Bight of Benin"Bight of Benin/a).br clear="all"/divbrbrThis is my view: one of the best-designed communities in Accra. In fact, it is the bonly /bresidential community that remains the best well-planned. It has more than 10 quot;communitiesquot;, some of which link up to the famed Spintex Road. It has an indigenous quot;Tema Development Corporationquot;, clearly making quite a bit from developing Tema to the beautiful, verdant and organised city it has obtained the reputation of being.br brThis is what fellow ghanablogging member a href="http://nonjeneregretterien.blogspot.com/2009/09/kwame-nkrumah-city-of-tema-part-1.html"Kajsa Hallberg Adu/a wrote of her adopted hometown:brbrdiv style="margin-left: 40px;" iLet#39;s start my exposé on Tema with Nkrumah#39;s own words. We go back to span style="font-weight: bold;"February 10th, 1962/span and the Official Opening of the Tema Harbor. Kwame Nkrumah walks up to a podium and gives his speech./iblockquotebiquot;By taking advantage of the river systems of West Africa, it should be possible - again, by concerted action - to connect the hinterland, far outside the boarders of Ghana, with this great port of Tema. Thus, in this harbour of Tema, we see a unifying force and an essential requirement in the progress towards African Unityquot;/i/b/blockquoteiHence, Tema was just one part of the grandiose plan of Africa rising. Tema should be a harbor not just for Ghana, but for Africa. Still today, Burkina Faso, Mali and other landlocked countries are highly dependent on the Tema harbor. What whould they be today without this sea port?brbrNkrumah continued his speech with comparing the existing Takoradi harbor quot;designed by the colonialists to facilitate the exportation of the wealth of the countryquot; to this new sea port. He said:/iblockquotebiquot;Tema is the sign post of the future. It represents the purposeful beginning of the industrialisation of Ghana. It is the signal for industrial expansion, a challenge to our industry and intelligence and a hope for the future.quot;/i/b/blockquote/div Finally, from one US academic Dr.Renford Reese#39;s page:brbrquot;One of our visits was to the bustling cargo port of Tema. Nkrumah built this city in 1960 as a manmade harbor. Today, it is Ghana's industrial center and the most important trading port in the country. As a populated city, Tema is the closest to the crossing of the Prime Meridian and the equator, a special treat for our three geography majorsquot;brfrom: a href="http://www.csupomona.edu/%7Errreese/nonfla/GlobalCPP.html"http://www.csupomona.edu/~rrreese/nonfla/GlobalCPP.html/abrbrHave you got the message how important Tema is to Ghana now?br brLabels: a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/search/label/tema"tema/a, a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/search/label/nkrumah"nkrumah/abrbrpre id="line727"br/prebr div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1653165171655688557?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• March 07, 2010
• 15:54

  Did you get my invite?

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• March 06, 2010
• 15:40

  Did you get my invite?

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• March 05, 2010
• 17:15

  Happy Independence Day (March 6 1957-March 6 2010)!

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  p class="mobile-photo"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5E8SwFP2rI/AAAAAAAACjQ/JGdkQCd_wa4/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0776-755236.jpg"img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5E8SwFP2rI/AAAAAAAACjQ/JGdkQCd_wa4/s320/Samsung-ekb-0776-755236.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445199717309864626" //a/pp class="mobile-photo"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5E8TRemYXI/AAAAAAAACjY/873bKi-_WDU/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0777-756861.jpg"img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5E8TRemYXI/AAAAAAAACjY/873bKi-_WDU/s320/Samsung-ekb-0777-756861.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445199726274568562" //a/pp class="mobile-photo"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5E8T1Q2NlI/AAAAAAAACjg/Gas0ZkUpAK4/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0778-758400.jpg"img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S5E8T1Q2NlI/AAAAAAAACjg/Gas0ZkUpAK4/s320/Samsung-ekb-0778-758400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445199735880562258" //a/pbr clear="all"I believe the pictures speak for themselves, but let me say it anyway: Ghana obtained independence from Britain exactly 53 years Saturday 6 March, 1957, with the memorable words ushered by great Pan-Africanist and founder of Ghana Dr.Kwame Nkrumah:br /br /quot;ibAt long last, the battle has ended. Ghana--our beloved country--is free forever!/b/iquot;br /br /There have naturally been reminders of this on television and radio, and for those alien to Ghanaian culture (am unsure how you can be if you#39;ve been following this blog for almost 4 years now;-) ) there#39;s a website to find out more:br /br /a href="http://www.ghana.gov.gh/anniversary/" font size="4"http://www.ghana.gov.gh/anniversary//font/abr /--div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3741345677373255337?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• 15:33

  Emmanuel Bensah has sent you a Classifieds invitation

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• March 03, 2010
• 15:33

  Where's My (Ghana) Water?

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  p class="mobile-photo"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S46BXdNh4SI/AAAAAAAACi0/vNuOD_J2eUY/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0725-728391.jpg"img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S46BXdNh4SI/AAAAAAAACi0/vNuOD_J2eUY/s320/Samsung-ekb-0725-728391.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444431239515857186" //a/pAlthough there is a lot of bottled water around, there is a lot of quot;purequot; -- or sachet -- water that is sold daily. And usually in one of the trucks, which average speed is just about faster than a snail!!brbr Look critically enough, and you will see that a lot of them are very old trucks that are imported into the country. brbrYour guess is as good as mine as to whether they are often the cause of serious and heavy traffic in the mornings!br div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4056064248322468768?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• March 02, 2010
• 15:58

  The Curious Case of Vodafone Ghana

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  p class="mobile-photo"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S401uhdkHDI/AAAAAAAACgo/Afda0v1sY4I/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0772-729905.jpg"img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S401uhdkHDI/AAAAAAAACgo/Afda0v1sY4I/s320/Samsung-ekb-0772-729905.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444066597933423666" //a/pVodafone Ghana has been making a lot of noise offlate on Ghanaians being able to access the quot;fastestquot; internet in Africa.brdiv class="gmail_quote"divdiv class="h5"div class="gmail_quote"brYesterday I decided to try it out, and was given a coupon--free trial for 10 minutes, mind you--which I could use for only...ten minutes.br brWhen I pressed the ladies at the shop as to whether I could buy some more credit, she quipped that I had exhausted my free trial, and that she would recommend I go to the shop in Cantonments, which is some twenty minutes drive from Accra Mall!br brWhen I further pressed her, she seemed unrepentant in the total and utter confusion she had just laid on me: why go to ianother/i Vodafone shop for the internet, when this one could simply sell you an hour#39;s worth iafter/i the free trial??br brHow is this done elsewhere? This is honestly the first I#39;ve heard done anywhere!!br clear="all"font color="#888888"br-- /fontbr /div /div/div/divbr div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-2985247771406206304?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 24, 2010
• 15:08

  Roll up! Roll up! (in the Ghanaian Food Market!)

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S4VERH7q1SI/AAAAAAAACfM/Alb057W0qnY/s1600-h/IMG_2891.JPG"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S4VERH7q1SI/AAAAAAAACfM/Alb057W0qnY/s400/IMG_2891.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441830785724896546" //abr /Anyone for some Ghanaian tomatoes and fish? If you're a denizen or a frequent visitor to this country, you cannot miss this sight at the markets. Very often the food is placed in these buckets/containers, and sold as half or full quantities.br /br /Have you made up your mind yet?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-348581284784812869?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 23, 2010
• 13:30

  Ghanaian Roads are about Livelihoods...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S4PZIsR7uGI/AAAAAAAACeg/pEaGR201sCQ/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0724.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S4PZIsR7uGI/AAAAAAAACeg/pEaGR201sCQ/s400/Samsung-ekb-0724.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441431518142249058" //a...so they must needs remain free (of traffic)!!br /br /I couldn't resist that as this is a picture I used for a post on my ghana blog over here: a href="http://ekbensahinghana.blogspot.com/2010/02/unbearable-lightness-of-being-in.html"http://ekbensahinghana.blogspot.com/2010/02/unbearable-lightness-of-being-in.html/a, which I wrote about this way last week:br /br /blockquotefont size=1br /br /Roads are our lifeblood. It is what we need to move from A to B. It is what helps us get to our destination. So, when we do not move on it quickly, it invariably becomes more than a headache. We cannot avoid traffic--there will always be accidents, people driving crazily and/or carelessly/foolishly--but we can certainly avoid a situation where the most important parts of our morning are eaten up in traffic on the only thoroughfare that will take us into the capital!br //font/blockquotebr /br /The essence of the post was about the a href="http://www.nrsc.gov.gh"National Road Safety Commission/a hotline calling me to check--as they did again this morning--whether the Motor Transport Unit of the Ghana Police were there!br /br /The police officer is the one standing in reflective yellow to the left of the picture. That place is strategic, because it is very often the genesis of the chaos that takes a life of its own and finds expression in bdual-way/b traffic northbound, when it should be ione-way/i northbound. br /br /That this confusion is compounded by major construction works on the Spintex Road to smoothen the traffic does little to give small headaches this side of the capital every morning!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7424010130218532932?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 22, 2010
• 16:23

  Great Ghanaian Billboard, Shame about the Message!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S4Kwj63uW9I/AAAAAAAACeY/S2I2x5ewCiU/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0727.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 450px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S4Kwj63uW9I/AAAAAAAACeY/S2I2x5ewCiU/s400/Samsung-ekb-0727.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441105430961871826" //abr /Just wish that there would be a public service reminder or something. This kind of billboard is huge for nothing; most Ghanaians are familiar with the Tom-Tom product. Why shove it in our faces? br /br /Now imagine the impact if, say, a href="http://nrsc.gov.gh"National Road Safety Commission/a entreated drivers to drive carefully?!!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1972325760582056231?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 15, 2010
• 16:11

  An Unnecessary Ghanaian Crowd -- Just to Register National ID?!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S3lyyd_E7NI/AAAAAAAACeA/GSts_wpgEVI/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0708.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S3lyyd_E7NI/AAAAAAAACeA/GSts_wpgEVI/s400/Samsung-ekb-0708.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438504236394802386" //aThough it is true that Ghanaians are naturally nosy and like to find out in both discreet and indiscreet ways what someone is doing, you might not believe me if I told you that this crowd has been formed because of the A href="http://www.ghanaian-chronicle.com/thestory.asp?id=16133title=%3Cb%3ENIA%20clashes%20with%20EC%20over%20biometric%20registration%3C/b%3E"ongoing registration of the national ID card/a. This scene was taken in one of the Estate neighbourhoods that fall under the deceptively-sounding-prestigious "off Spintex road".br /br /The crowd was rather amorphous on account of the denizens standing in the then-up-and-coming midday heat. Apart from the frustration and fatigue associated with this queue, people could not quite understand the incredibly slow pace of the registration. Sadly, despite media criticisms, the pace has not quickened. br /br /Some might say "all in the name of democracy"!;-) br /br /Better this pace than to be fighting a senseless war that characterised a good number of African countries two decades ago...div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1552111922321758501?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 11, 2010
• 15:53

  Ghanaian Girl Scout at Akosombo Fish Market

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S3Q505YjldI/AAAAAAAACd4/ZjC_6ZBkUBs/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0682.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S3Q505YjldI/AAAAAAAACd4/ZjC_6ZBkUBs/s400/Samsung-ekb-0682.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437034231062828498" //abr /Well not quite a scout, but this smart girl is certainly on the lookout for a catch to buy some of her fish!br /br /If I know our market people, this one will not give up till her goods are sold!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-2529466646610135317?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 09, 2010
• 16:26

  Ghana's Talking Point:" Road Tolls"

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S3GTmzl1O4I/AAAAAAAACdw/zYSBgfGJdR8/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0697.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S3GTmzl1O4I/AAAAAAAACdw/zYSBgfGJdR8/s400/Samsung-ekb-0697.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436288520106097538" //abr /I have come to read and understand that the USA has an atavistic revulsion towards big government. Consequently, anything that comes with a greater role of the State and the government is attacked. Small wonder Obama is suffering the fallout, if you will, of focussing on bringing some sanity to health care reform in a manner that the EU would applaud.br /br /Ghana and the US might be similar only in the sense that our elections are held the same year as the US, but I sincerely hope that Ghana will never go the way of sneezing at taxes and government. The what some might say "dramatic" increases in the road tolls on Ghana's major motorway--the Tema motorway--where the tolls have gone up more than 50% overnight has led to a situation where commuters have used the infamous Spintex road in the morning ijust to avoid/i paying the taxes. br /br /Or so private radio station CITI97.3fm was averring yesterday morning in interviews. I seriously would not put it past my fellow denizens, though!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1128778873713430922?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 05, 2010
• 16:20

  Ghanaian Fishmarket Woman Doing it For Herself!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2xHJQTSWyI/AAAAAAAACdg/vPDfmcDl59w/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0685.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2xHJQTSWyI/AAAAAAAACdg/vPDfmcDl59w/s400/Samsung-ekb-0685.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434797074649602850" //abr /I think it has now become a staple of the perception of Africa that women in the informal economy are stronger than their male counterparts, with their strength being derived from their tenacity and ability to hold on while all around might have quit.br /br /If you look at the relatively carefree manner in which this woman is carrying her fish at the fish market in Akosombo market (see yesterday's post), you can see that not only is she used to it, but she has, insalubrious conditions and competitors notwithstanding, a steely determination to make sure her catch is sold by the end of the day.br /br /Now, if that's not strength of character, what is?!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8424642828719801874?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 04, 2010
• 16:01

  One of the Beauties of Ghana--Markets!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2rx0QWhDbI/AAAAAAAACdY/jjFnQh3EtLM/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0688.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2rx0QWhDbI/AAAAAAAACdY/jjFnQh3EtLM/s400/Samsung-ekb-0688.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434421780420824498" //aAlthough Ghana has embraced the free market model off-and-on like the occasional provision of our electricity(!), under the incumbent administration of the National Democratic Congress (that has tagged themselves social democrats), you are bound to see a fair bit of a mix of the free-market and the State protection.br /br /Truth be told, I am talking about markets of a gastronomical kind! This picture is revealing in so many ways.br /br /Primo, we see that ieven/i paragons of discipline like the Fire Service personnel love to patronise the market for fish; secondo, the little girl selling here at a market at Akosombo (just off in the Eastern region, and 1.5 hours from Accra), might ijust/i be too small to be transacting such business. br /br /Where's the mother, I wonder? Although it was a Saturday, this is the reality of much of the more "rural" parts of Ghana, where children are seen at markets trying to complement the subsistence of what is most likely the mother and his/her siblings...div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-9023032908254413278?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 03, 2010
• 15:15

  An Appeal to Ghanaian Itinerant Vendors!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2md2lORtKI/AAAAAAAACdA/eRHabWIdriE/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0667.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2md2lORtKI/AAAAAAAACdA/eRHabWIdriE/s400/Samsung-ekb-0667.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434047986429703330" //aIf you want to sell something, how about a little smile? br /br /I know the sun is oftentimes scorching and as soon as I get out of this air-conditioned car I will also meet it, but when you smile, I might just somehow not feel itoo bad/i not buying it?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8615130337539733416?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• February 02, 2010
• 12:48

  Bright Lights of Accra! Big Dreams for Order!

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  a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2gj3zKEQvI/AAAAAAAACcw/Uzr8T87CXl8/s1600-h/moto_0707.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2gj3zKEQvI/AAAAAAAACcw/Uzr8T87CXl8/s400/moto_0707.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433632391954711282" //abr /Who needs streetlamps when you can get the lights of cars stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic have theirs reflect and refract over all kinds of lights to create this mosaic of colours?br /br /If there is anything I like about Accra is its singular ability to give you isomething /i to talk about!br /br /I haven't even talked about these taxi-drivers waiting for passengers in a zone that has clearly been marked for them to remain only for two minutes! br /br /This kind of cavalier attitude does not only come down to illiteracy (frankly, most taxi drivers are not!) but an obstinacy to inot conform/i to order!!br /br /But I still love Accra!;-)div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3980979889783364033?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• January 29, 2010
• 15:24

  Clean-Up Time Thanks to Ghana's Zoomlion!

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  a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2MUwnKeFQI/AAAAAAAACco/LaR03CRWW0Y/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0611.jpg"img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432208400918123778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S2MUwnKeFQI/AAAAAAAACco/LaR03CRWW0Y/s400/Samsung-ekb-0611.jpg" border="0" //abr /div/divbr /For a country that is reputed by the UN to be the second filthiest in West Africa, a lot of cleaning must needs be done to clean up our image!br /br /Work pressures have naturally inhibited photo blogging, but it will sure pick up in February. br /br /Many thanks for your patronage and visits. Have a constructive and stress-free weekend!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7315056541064971110?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• January 25, 2010
• 13:13

  Ghana's Shoprite Issues "Warning" to Bread-Grabbers!

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  a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S12ZWD3DX1I/AAAAAAAACcg/DxNrLE_7x6M/s1600-h/moto_0713.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 460px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S12ZWD3DX1I/AAAAAAAACcg/DxNrLE_7x6M/s400/moto_0713.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430665329951072082" //abr /Remember a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/shoprites-fight-bread-club-least-once.html"this post/a, where Shoprite bread patronisers seemed to be fighting over the bread? Well, I guess the management got enough and decided to provide consumers with a soft version of their riot act, exemplified by the picture I took here!br /br /Am unsure what "pressures on bakery" actually mean, but I guess they simply got fed up of people buying--what??--ten loaves plus?!?!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4253860194549910018?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• January 22, 2010
• 15:31

  Accra's, Erm, Garden of Eden?!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S1nFebGiUKI/AAAAAAAACcY/MBfAnxY9-34/s1600-h/moto_0701.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S1nFebGiUKI/AAAAAAAACcY/MBfAnxY9-34/s400/moto_0701.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429587952233762978" //abr /If this is the kind of Garden of Eden I will get when I die, then I do not want to go there--just yet!;-)br /br /Have a good AND STRESS-FREE weekend!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5797391796908431765?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• January 18, 2010
• 16:05

  This Was More than Torrential Accra Rain on Friday 15 January!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S1SIabmoIwI/AAAAAAAACcQ/E0T8Qqa1Lr4/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0631.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 360px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S1SIabmoIwI/AAAAAAAACcQ/E0T8Qqa1Lr4/s400/Samsung-ekb-0631.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428113438556037890" //abr /Last Friday night, minutes before the A href="http://www.liberiawebs.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=2542:can-2010-ivory-coast-3-1-ghana-catid=58:footballItemid=182"Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana/a game in the ongoing African Cup of Nations (CAN 2010) in Angola, the Ghanaian sky darkened, opened, and poured. It. Was. Terrific in every sense of the term: those of us who had the temerity to walk through the rain with a bag that included their laptop saw it very fit to find shelter ASAP to prevent rain from getting into the laptop system.br /br /You could forget about the clothes; it was like we were in a giant shower perched in the sky. And, it just would. Not. Stop!br /br /Thankfully, by 10pm, it was over. And so was the football game: a href="http://news.brunei.fm/2010/01/18/ghanas-black-stars-fall-to-ivory-coast-in-opening-cup-of-nations-match/"Ghana lost 3-1 to Ivory Coast/a.br /br /I guess the showers of blessings were for them?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-2646807671314440300?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• January 13, 2010
• 15:01

  When Open Drains in Accra Decide to Punish Us!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S03g2f672kI/AAAAAAAACbw/go1ZlVHbmz0/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0610.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S03g2f672kI/AAAAAAAACbw/go1ZlVHbmz0/s400/Samsung-ekb-0610.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426240352937564738" //aA couple of years ago, there was a story close to home about a young girl who, when the annual diluvian rain hit Accra, was washed away by the turbulence of the water gushing through the open drains. I might not remember that story every year, but I do remember the grief on the faces of the family, and I also remember the stubbornness of Ghanaians.br /br /This is manifested in the consistent and regular dumping in some quarters of Accra of refuse in open drains. br /br /I don't know about you, but I would have thought that the authorities of the Accra Metropolitan -- and respective -- Assemblies of the districts of the country would cotton on to the fact that if they iclosed/i the drains, this scourge would not just be a thing of the past a huge relief to those careless drivers, like that captured in the picture, who speed unnecessarily too close to the darned open drains!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-2451320056565041240?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• January 07, 2010
• 15:24

  Why Some Ghanaians Might Have Eschewed Accra Mall During Xmas 2009

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S0X9vvF1bQI/AAAAAAAACbg/QzJMDTw7VRc/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0612.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S0X9vvF1bQI/AAAAAAAACbg/QzJMDTw7VRc/s400/Samsung-ekb-0612.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424020322774248706" border="0" //aSince we are all in the flashback kind of mode, I thought it fitting to do a re-dux of an Accra Mall post, with a slight difference. Here, I am hoping that the picture will do the proverbial and paint the required thousand words...br /br /The picture shows the inside of Shoprite--and not for the first time. The twist is that it shows Shoprite with consumers...shopping, which would be a non-starter if it were not for the fact that there was more at the end of the corridor from which I snapped this. br /br /More as in imore/i shoppers! If the people in this picture were not enough to put anyone off shopping that day, I would not know what would be. br /br /If I were a neophyte soldier, I might have buckled at the sight of the shopping crowd!br /br /At the best of times, I do not fancy bumping into people shopping and having them pry into my basket(is that a human thing across cultures??)or worst of all, bumping into their baskets! br /br /Least of all, at christmas...yet the inevitability of a new year meant stocking up, and kind of pretending you were getting rid of the old:-)div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8388526655288597677?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• January 06, 2010
• 15:19

  Ghanaians Smoking Out 2009, or Displaying Supreme Ignorance?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S0SqZK2nVSI/AAAAAAAACbY/bNMhbOMu80M/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0619.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/S0SqZK2nVSI/AAAAAAAACbY/bNMhbOMu80M/s400/Samsung-ekb-0619.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423647200647796002" //aIn the wake of the cacophony in 2009 over climate change, this picture, striking me as a paradox at first, immediately gives way to a feeling that inot quite/i everyone got the whole picture on global warming, and frankly, not everyone was going to!br /br /Although the a href="http://news.myjoyonline.com/features/200912/38667.asp"incumbent government has done some work on promoting the planting of trees/a, its communication is challenged by the dynamics of a country that sometimes seems over-obsessed with politics.br /br /I cannot help but wonder how scenes like these remain a very stark reminder of the ignorance of a large part of Ghanaians on ihow/i to tackle climate change. br /br /A news report in the Ghanaian media claims this:br /br /blockquotefont size=1br /In her quest towards mitigating climate change, Ghana would in January 2010, begin an ambitious nationwide aforestation project that also seeks to bridge the unemployment gap confronting the country.br /br /Climate change effects are already wrecking lives in Ghana, and the rest of the African continent. It is seriously having a rippling effect on the people, especially those in rural communities where various streams serving as a source of drinking water have dried up, because of lack of trees to serve as a cover for these waterbodies.br /br /The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the body that regulates and enact policies for the country’s natural resources and forest reserves, will launch a National Forest Plantation Development Program (NFPDP) in January, to avert the declining trend of its forest reserve./fontbr //blockquotebr /br /Let us keep our eyes peeled for this government initiative!br /br /HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4293593459619522523?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• December 18, 2009
• 16:33

  Here's hoping all of you...

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  ...have a fantastic Christmas period and safe, fantastic, and peaceful transition to the New Year.br /br /End of year always mean one is busier than ever, and blogging drops drastically. I believe that you will forgive my sporadic posts at this time, and help me welcome you to 2010--not just with excellent cheer and prospects, but more vivacious pictures for your enjoyment!br /br /Till 2010!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3419724074334399933?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• December 15, 2009
• 14:48

  Wanna Watch an African Movie in East Legon?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SyekALfRB0I/AAAAAAAACbI/VfejKwhtdnE/s1600-h/Image026.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 450px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SyekALfRB0I/AAAAAAAACbI/VfejKwhtdnE/s400/Image026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415477399927195458" //abr /Let's be clear: in Ghana, whenever TV stations advertise African movies, they are invariably talking about Nigerian movies, with a sprinkling of Ghanaian ones. br /br /Now, most Ghanaians generally agree that though the Ghanaian movie industry is hastening slowly in quality as compared to those of our neighbours in Nigeria, which industry is referred to as A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Nigeria"Nollywood/a, Ghanaian movies do abound in a way that quite a number can be found in East Legon. Let's just say adverts of such movies a practically ubiquitous these days!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5748427030744985514?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• December 11, 2009
• 15:36

  If You Thought This is Not Traffic at Accra Mall...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SyJrgiiGWSI/AAAAAAAACbA/BmeZkvfUgGE/s1600-h/Image152.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 350px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SyJrgiiGWSI/AAAAAAAACbA/BmeZkvfUgGE/s400/Image152.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414007908822571298" //abr /...around the infamous Tetteh-Quarshie interchange, wait till the 25th of December! It will be more than bumper-to-bumper. br /br /Truth be told, it's more than that already!!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8110230515533983116?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• December 02, 2009
• 15:25

  In Praise of the Itinerant Ghanaian Water Vendor!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SxaHtRbTrBI/AAAAAAAACag/oljbS-2XC5Y/s1600-h/Image005.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 450px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SxaHtRbTrBI/AAAAAAAACag/oljbS-2XC5Y/s400/Image005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410661214174030866" //aIt's a characteristically hot day. Anyone up for some cool "pure" water? Just in case I had not yet touched on it, the so-called pure water is but one of many types of water available. Availability of ice is quite easy, so selling these by the roadside is a staple of the visual Ghanaian diet.br /br /Was just wondering...Ghanaians celebrate the A href="http://news.myjoyonline.com/features/200912/38725.asp"Ghanaian farmer/a every December, and this year it falls on Friday 4 December, which means Ghanaians get their last public holiday before the Christmas festivities.br /br /Perhaps there should be a day for all the pure water sellers who cool the hearts of motorists every day?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4770858877306151661?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 30, 2009
• 15:04

  Busy Ghanaian Traffic Warden...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SxPhKaog_6I/AAAAAAAACaY/bw2sQUo90ps/s1600/Image166.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SxPhKaog_6I/AAAAAAAACaY/bw2sQUo90ps/s400/Image166.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409915146466295714" //abr /...directs traffic at the Accra Mall. Is he not a determined bee?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-602654979661237760?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 23, 2009
• 15:07

  Welcome to Kwame Nkrumah Circle Footbridge...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwqmgGYqNKI/AAAAAAAACaQ/2Kgd9q1HU8w/s1600/Samsung-ekb-0408.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwqmgGYqNKI/AAAAAAAACaQ/2Kgd9q1HU8w/s400/Samsung-ekb-0408.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407317373011768482" //a...which is also known as "Circle" bridge. br /br /As you might see from the picture, against the clear, blue sky, the footbridge makes for a beautiful scene in a city that is very busy and very populous. There has been a never-ending battle by authorities of the city to ensure that the bridge is as salubrious as possible. Often-times, those causing infractions against the order for cleanliness win out--despite the conspicuous presence of the police, which you can see in the picture here.br /br /Suffice-to-say, it is a picture of colour--just like West Africa ought to be!:-))div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-214594661591249174?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 18, 2009
• 13:21

  Snaking through Spintex Road on a Sunny Morning

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  If you have never experienced traffic of this magnitude on a morning, try this kind for size. Traffic is further compounded by the fact that Christmas is near, and so more cars on the road, including those of Ghanaians in the diaspora who have come home early to celebrate with families. More people inevitably means more cars!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP68Tizo3I/AAAAAAAACaA/VA8rOT_AIbw/s1600/Samsung-ekb-0455.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP68Tizo3I/AAAAAAAACaA/VA8rOT_AIbw/s400/Samsung-ekb-0455.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405439891720086386" //abr /Snaking to the East Legon tunnel. The cars look like they are moving -- they are not! The will be this stationary for a few minutes before we move!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP5G5Dz_OI/AAAAAAAACZo/syXekS53ABI/s1600/Samsung-ekb-0458.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP5G5Dz_OI/AAAAAAAACZo/syXekS53ABI/s400/Samsung-ekb-0458.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405437874566069474" //abr /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP6gj0WFXI/AAAAAAAACZ4/uAOZ6Afa7ig/s1600/Samsung-ekb-0456.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP6gj0WFXI/AAAAAAAACZ4/uAOZ6Afa7ig/s400/Samsung-ekb-0456.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405439415052277106" //abr /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP5f2EVDzI/AAAAAAAACZw/RLCktvSgwWo/s1600/Samsung-ekb-0457.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP5f2EVDzI/AAAAAAAACZw/RLCktvSgwWo/s400/Samsung-ekb-0457.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405438303259660082" //abr /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP4TmpoFrI/AAAAAAAACZg/V4Gr5ZyB_wU/s1600/Samsung-ekb-0459.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP4TmpoFrI/AAAAAAAACZg/V4Gr5ZyB_wU/s400/Samsung-ekb-0459.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405436993451071154" //abr /I cannot for the life of me understand how despite the presence of a traffic warden, three to four lanes are created by magic to get through the East Legon tunnel through to the Spintex Road!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP20AL-f-I/AAAAAAAACZY/CtOenWLUaj4/s1600/Samsung-ekb-0460.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwP20AL-f-I/AAAAAAAACZY/CtOenWLUaj4/s400/Samsung-ekb-0460.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405435351038590946" //abr /br /FREEDOM!!!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7360359615877423098?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 17, 2009
• 15:24

  Accra Train Through the City!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwLAhzpcZUI/AAAAAAAACZQ/kUxUNmlHAq8/s1600/Samsung-ekb-0453.jpg"img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 500px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SwLAhzpcZUI/AAAAAAAACZQ/kUxUNmlHAq8/s400/Samsung-ekb-0453.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405094189830268226" //aLast weekend, I was in the heart of the capital, where the trains do ply. Evidently, I couldn't help but capture the train passing through the community. br /br /It's been a while since I took the train!br /br /What about you?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5967731129355575252?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 12, 2009
• 13:03

  When a Paean to Ghanaian Films Turns into an Encomium of Accra Mall

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvwIA89oGcI/AAAAAAAACY4/A6Ja1rc0ZtY/s1600-h/moto_0694.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 800px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvwIA89oGcI/AAAAAAAACY4/A6Ja1rc0ZtY/s400/moto_0694.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403202465395382722" //abr /I have always thought that it was exercise in laziness to regularly refer to the a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/tgif-accra-mall-busy-internet-beckons.html"Accra Mall/a for my photoblogging, till a kind word from one of the regular visitors convinced me that if it is a part of my life, then why not?br /br /So, far from a treatise on the ghanaian movie industry, which is seeing a renaissance thanks to the likes of the dynamic a href="http://mimimagazine.blogspot.com/2009/04/perfect-picture-shirley-frimpong-manso.html"Shirley Frimpong-Manso/a and her movies (one of which I referred to in the last post), I am offering you a teaser of her upcoming latest movie "Sting in a Tale"...by showing you the movie poster--as advertised in Accra Mall!br /br /long live Accra Mall? The jury's out on that one!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1352222308916466600?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 11, 2009
• 12:38

  When East Legon Becomes a Bonfire of Acting Vanities

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvqzZTP7-mI/AAAAAAAACYo/YhH_p1wuY6Q/s1600-h/moto_0687.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvqzZTP7-mI/AAAAAAAACYo/YhH_p1wuY6Q/s400/moto_0687.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402827950229551714" //abr /There I was last night, minding my small business ready to go home, when suddenly across the street, over at a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/06/developments-in-accra-new-eastgate.html"Eastgate Hotel/a, I see what looks like pandemonium. A colleague who is just about to leave the work compound shouts that they're making a movie!br /br /Out of curiosity, I walk briskly to see what the noise is all about--only to be part to the three scenes, which I snapped for, well, posterity? br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvqxGuQdwoI/AAAAAAAACYg/inxi0-M3GV8/s1600-h/moto_0686.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvqxGuQdwoI/AAAAAAAACYg/inxi0-M3GV8/s400/moto_0686.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402825432038752898" //abr /The car in the background is driven by one a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majid_Michel"Majid Michel/a of latest Ghanaian movie a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfZ9m6c3RkE"Sting in a Tale/a fame, and the tall lady with the handbag looks like she's an actress, because I later see her firing a blank pistol towards the jeep to the left of the second picture.br /br /br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Svq0CBqQ_tI/AAAAAAAACYw/FJGyMBfw9OA/s1600-h/moto_0688.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Svq0CBqQ_tI/AAAAAAAACYw/FJGyMBfw9OA/s400/moto_0688.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402828649882779346" //aIf you look carefully at picture number three, you will find that a group has kind of congregated round one person--that person is Majid Michel himself--I believe ready to drive the car I referred to earlier. In fact, I am about to leave when I suddenly see a car drive full-speed down the untarred road, managing to dramatically negotiate a turn to the right. Meanwhile all this is captured on the camera to the cynosure of a quasi-mesmerized crowd that seems half-anxious to be privy to the unknown idramatis personae/i.br /br /All this. In East Legon. In Accra.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7768108638177081509?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 10, 2009
• 12:16

  21st Century Ghana is a country...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvmPpBsdyhI/AAAAAAAACYQ/ROFeVj9-a9c/s1600-h/Image113.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvmPpBsdyhI/AAAAAAAACYQ/ROFeVj9-a9c/s400/Image113.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402507162999966226" //a...where modern cars compete for space on tarred roads with dirty goats alongside open drains...all against the backdrop of multinational telco companies like MTN, vying for our attention to buy credits for our sophisticated mobile phones!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5359473929431065953?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 06, 2009
• 14:06

  Macintosh Computers to Capture Ghanaian Hearts?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvQtvnmv7jI/AAAAAAAACXw/CxL7uuSSiic/s1600-h/moto_0685.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvQtvnmv7jI/AAAAAAAACXw/CxL7uuSSiic/s400/moto_0685.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400992149232676402" //aI know very few people who own Mac laptops--at least one is a ghanablogging.com member and she has waxed quite a bit at times about how great the Mac laptop is. I have checked out Mac prices and looked at my pocket and seen that the pocket lost out--big time!br /br /I cannot ever be a fair representative of the average Ghanaian, but I can say that the average Ghanaian with sufficient disposable income might want a more conventional laptop, that comes with WINDOWS etc. Am not too sure that they would gravitate to the Mac that easily. br /br /In that respect, it strikes me more odd and even more non-discerning for Mac to think that setting up shop in Accra Mall could endear it to making a killing in this unpredictable Ghanaian market.br /br /Salaries might be getting higher--but I do not believe for a second that so much so that Ghanaians would shake from their technological conservatism to consider buying Mac Laptops!br /br /Still, it might interest you to know that when I checked this I-shop in October, the store was spotless and had some six or seven macs running internet, for a cool 2.5 GHC and hour. Technology is powered by the a href="http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=171445"beleaguered Vodafone Ghana/a, which the UK's a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1222873/Vodafone-faces-SFO-scrutiny-Ghana-Telecom-450m-purchase.html"Serious Fraud Office/a is investigating for financial irregularities in the purchase of 70% of Ghana Telecom shares in August 2008.br /br /Already, I do not see a winning team!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-826055781549090070?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 04, 2009
• 15:28

  Anyone for Ghanaian Shoes?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvGeNnEr48I/AAAAAAAACXo/1FKnehfPmmg/s1600-h/IMG_2836.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SvGeNnEr48I/AAAAAAAACXo/1FKnehfPmmg/s400/IMG_2836.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400271384858059714" //aOne of the supreme distinctions about Accra and its markets deep inside the capital is its penchant to be very colourful. So much so that the indigenes become so used to them. It is occasionally being the rare observer to a sight-so-common that you begin to be so discerning to see the small elements...and perhaps appreciate them all the more.br /br /Shoes, onions. Ghanaian markets clearly have them all. Usually also against the backdrop of a huge edifice like the building in this picture, which I took a picture of in May around the very-busy Lapaz-Tetteh-Quarshie road.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-217712450581765121?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• November 02, 2009
• 14:05

  Welcome to University Botanical Gardens

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Su7n79SY4zI/AAAAAAAACXY/ZSTaoeKYsW0/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0188.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Su7n79SY4zI/AAAAAAAACXY/ZSTaoeKYsW0/s400/Samsung-ekb-0188.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399508020513792818" //aNot to be confused with ABURI Botanical Gardens, the a href="http://www.ubg.edu.gh/"University Botanical Gardens/a is an equally noteworthy place to visit, when travelling in Accra.br /br /It is located halfway between the famed a href="http://wikimapia.org/2189406/Atomic-Junction"Atomic Junction/a and Atomic Down. I have only been there not for nature, but for a private reason, so was unable to take in the beauty of the place. Entrance is around 2GHC, which is a budget way of enjoying sights outside Accra.br /br /You might want to check their website to obtain a better insight into what is for offer.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5461232462219726669?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• October 30, 2009
• 16:34

  37 Bats Re-dux

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SusWvEVyTkI/AAAAAAAACXQ/_D-S-_nzIK4/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0006.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SusWvEVyTkI/AAAAAAAACXQ/_D-S-_nzIK4/s400/Samsung-ekb-0006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398433576208453186" //aSo there I was two days ago at Mplaza Hotel, Roman Ridge, for a conference when, late into the evening, I instinctively turned upwards. For salvation or what I am not quite sure.br /br /Whatever it was, my attention was caught by the many, many, black bats flying high in the sky. For a nano-second, I was gripped with a degree of trepidation, which gave way almost-instantaneously to the quintessential Ghanaian resignation of having-seen-it-all-before. br /br /Contrasted against the colour of the sky, it made for a classic "accradailyphoto" moment, which YOU are now privy to.br /br /Have a great weekend!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5038475839043975734?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• October 26, 2009
• 14:06

  Ghana-Nigeria Ties Remain Cordial Still...Especially After Nigerian Oil in Ghana!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SuXRJf7UK0I/AAAAAAAACXI/r0vx0FZSF8A/s1600-h/Image008.jpg"img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SuXRJf7UK0I/AAAAAAAACXI/r0vx0FZSF8A/s400/Image008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396949689592720194" border="0" //aGhana's relative trouncing of Brazil in the u20 fifa world cup, coupled with Obama's visit in July has not put us in the best of light with our Nigerian cousins, but it appears the arrival of a href="http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE59P08620091026"crude oil/a for Ghana's beleagured Tema Oil Refinery(TOR) on the shores of Ghana suggests that they might no longer be still angry with us...:-)div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7540795025015323408?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• October 20, 2009
• 14:27

  The Truth Still Remains about the Black Satellites--They Beat Brazil 4-3 in FIFA u20 World Cup!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/St8sB2xhT_I/AAAAAAAACXA/7RfocRksRMo/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0320.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/St8sB2xhT_I/AAAAAAAACXA/7RfocRksRMo/s400/Samsung-ekb-0320.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395079289007853554" //aIt is frankly criminal I had not conveyed any news of this on this blog. I am redressing the imbalance by, erm, mentioning the story some two days later.br /br /Let us give it up for the Ghana and its A HREF="http://www.africanews.com/site/Ghana_celebrates_Under20_World_Championship/list_messages/27553"Black Satellites for beating Brazil 4-3/A in penalties!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7249239183969753601?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• October 13, 2009
• 16:50

  Ghanaians Like Their Football!!

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  p class="mobile-photo"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/StSv39kOcvI/AAAAAAAACWo/6jiUEPHIyYs/s1600-h/moto_0643-739728.jpg"img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/StSv39kOcvI/AAAAAAAACWo/6jiUEPHIyYs/s320/moto_0643-739728.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392128029823496946" //a/p...especially when they have beaten Hungary 3-2 in the u20 World Cupbrin Egypt!;-) [more:bra href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-10-13-3657978623_x.htm"http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-10-13-3657978623_x.htm/a]div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4830997080701533968?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• October 06, 2009
• 14:57

  Welcome to GOIL Filling Station, Spintex Road

   » ‎ Accra by Day & Night
  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsteE9WLZcI/AAAAAAAACWg/onDo8uJZdac/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0264.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsteE9WLZcI/AAAAAAAACWg/onDo8uJZdac/s400/Samsung-ekb-0264.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389504818359002562" //aAs far as I know, this GOIL shop does not have a website, but I can tell you that given the human traffic that flows in and out of this place every hour, if it idid/i have a site, it might be hitting the thousands every week!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6795804402271623545?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• October 01, 2009
• 16:48

  Ghanaian Household Appliances Get a Saviour!

   » ‎ Accra by Day & Night
  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsTeKEPQ4OI/AAAAAAAACWQ/3XcnvHjtnfw/s1600-h/Image043.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsTeKEPQ4OI/AAAAAAAACWQ/3XcnvHjtnfw/s400/Image043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387675318759776482" //aIf we were to operate on the principle that a saviour is only so useful when it has presence and visibility, then can we surmise that this signboard -- exhorting household appliances to be "re-deemed" by their owners -- is only as useful as when someone can see it. br /br /I was walking when I saw--and captured--this. Most people plying this road in East Legon drive like they're running to the hills from some devil. At those speeds, visibility is a non-starter, I would think!br /br /(pssst!:it's not even the 31st of October(Halloween), yet the metaphors are too suggestive!)br /br /Does it show I want the year to end -- quickly?;-)div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1506213605642620655?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 30, 2009
• 13:18

  "Shopping Semantics" in Ghana, or a Tale of How MaxMart was Greatly Misrepresented

   » ‎ Accra by Day & Night
  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsNcJXC-gUI/AAAAAAAACVw/m4VSvF97EAE/s1600-h/DCFC0004.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsNcJXC-gUI/AAAAAAAACVw/m4VSvF97EAE/s400/DCFC0004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387250895140323650" //abr /I won't apologise for the title, because this is part of what constitutes the colorful scenario of my lexicon!;-) br /br /It's Wednesday again and time for some craziness: I fell over my chair yesterday night--laughing so hard because in an invite I had received from Facebook to some event, someone had said I could pick tickets up from...br /br /h3MaRXMart/h3!br /br /Now even if you're not a regular visitor to this blog, you might know that bMaxMart/b [I won't be creating any links for them, you'll have to do a google search!] epitomizes all that is middle class iplus/i in Ghana. Just check the picture out, and you'll know what I mean.br /br /I believe you'll find them "running to the hills" --as my good British blogger-friend/actor, A href="http://danielhg.blogspot.com"Daniel Hoffman-Gill/a would say--were the mere words "MARX" associated with them!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-2691147366984999762?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 29, 2009
• 16:25

  Where Do You Want to Go Today in East Legon?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsI2H2cPF9I/AAAAAAAACVo/Yv7FEJA-2Y4/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0191.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsI2H2cPF9I/AAAAAAAACVo/Yv7FEJA-2Y4/s400/Samsung-ekb-0191.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386927612789462994" //abr /East Legon, the area of my workplace, is a plush, verdant part of the capital. As these signboards show, plush is far from being tantamount to "organised";-)br /br /Although the A href="ama.ghanadistricts.gov.gh"Accra Metropolitan Assembly/A needs to give permission before these signboards are erected, one would hope that they also help supervise iwhere/i it is placed. It can look a tad chaotic at times!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1502967110253561702?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 28, 2009
• 15:53

  Collective Tyre-Fixing in Accra

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsDQ_qI2ulI/AAAAAAAACVY/5qQkf_UmQNc/s1600-h/moto_0645.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SsDQ_qI2ulI/AAAAAAAACVY/5qQkf_UmQNc/s400/moto_0645.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386534946396879442" //aThis is really not a regular feature in Accra, but the breakdowns of trucks like these are! br /br /Suffice-to-say, the maintenance of such cars might be this side short of shoddy, hence scenes like these, such as that which I captured on the Tema motorway two weeks ago, are only as common as the number of huge trucks I see driving on the ifirst/i lane on a two-lane motorway where cars should take precedence!br /br /I believe that now that the road regulator -- A href="http://www.nrsc.gov.gh"National Road Safety Commission/a -- is a href="http://gbcghana.com/news/28494detail.html"under one roof/a on a Board, along with Board of Directors for the A href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/07/whilst-we-are-on-metro-mass-transport.html"Metro Mass Transit/a Limited (MMTL), and the A href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-dvla-plates-for-ghanaians.html"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA)/a Ghanaians will enjoy a more efficient road sector that will be safer for all.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5375173851863381190?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 23, 2009
• 15:44

  Ghana's New Holiday--"Founder's Day" (21st September). Dr.Nkrumah's day!

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  Given that pictures paint the proverbial thousand words, I am going to leave a sampling of some of the headlines from Ghanaian dailies--(from top to bottom): a href="http://www.newtimesonline.com"Ghanaian Times/a; a href="http://www.graphicghana.com"Daily Graphic/a; a href="http://www.ghana-palaver.com/editorial-published20020430cat3.html"Ghana Palaver/a. I have begun creating a specific album for photo captures of Osagyefo Dr.Kwame Nkrumah, the Founder of Ghana. Monday began the 9-month celebration of the centenary of his life. He must have been something special to have a whole a href="http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/nkrumah%27s-centenary-celebration-fills-the-media-2009091935206.html"9 months dedicated to his celebration/a. The truth?br /br /He was!br /br /He built our a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/01/strange-signboards-near-accra-tema.html"Tema motorway/a in the late 1940s. It still stands strong todqay. He built our A href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/12/soul-food-akosombo-dreaming.html"Akosombo dam/a, which still gives us electricity--despite the fact that we are 22.5 million now as compared to 6 million in 1957!br /br /Words are insufficient to explain the man, but the headlines--including the fact that he should inspire the youth--already attest to the greatness of the man. For non-Ghanaians, a quick google search will give you a good insight, but let me leave you with the fact that in 2000, listeners to no less than than British Broadcasting Corporation voted him bthe Man of the Millenium/b. Here is the quote a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/highlights/000914_nkrumah.shtml"back then/a:br /br /blockquotefont size=1br /Last December, BBC listeners in Africa voted Kwame Nkrumah, the first head of an independent Ghana their "Man of the Millennium". But although Nkrumah triumphantly led Ghana to independence in 1957, by February 1966 he had been overthrown in a coup and spent the remaining six years of his life languishing in exile. br //font/blockquotebr /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrpHxHWz1MI/AAAAAAAACVA/7bsb8huhPL8/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0162.jpg"img style="float:centre; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrpHxHWz1MI/AAAAAAAACVA/7bsb8huhPL8/s400/Samsung-ekb-0162.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384695213588731074" //abr /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrpEWra___I/AAAAAAAACUo/zJQeYSuOhsk/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0094.jpg"img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrpEWra___I/AAAAAAAACUo/zJQeYSuOhsk/s400/Samsung-ekb-0094.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384691460878630898" //abr /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrpE8rmhKgI/AAAAAAAACUw/gSL97yNzx0o/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0159.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrpE8rmhKgI/AAAAAAAACUw/gSL97yNzx0o/s400/Samsung-ekb-0159.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384692113761970690" //adiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4612568942475016558?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 18, 2009
• 17:23

  Motorway Micturation in Glorious Ghana

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrPC8SwcS_I/AAAAAAAACUg/oaVN0-sS1Qc/s1600-h/moto_0647.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrPC8SwcS_I/AAAAAAAACUg/oaVN0-sS1Qc/s400/moto_0647.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382860320720833522" //abr /Here's one for the weekend. br /br /Only in Ghana will you find someone stop and urinate in full view of, erm, commuters on no less than...a motorway! br /br /Good grief...br /br /Picture has been made fuzzy to protect the innocent;-)br /br /Happy travels for your weekend!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6189503076985237109?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 16, 2009
• 16:42

  "Warning, Do Not Urinate Here!" (Ghana signs)

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrEbATXHQzI/AAAAAAAACUY/YLOaEdLJLCo/s1600-h/moto_0591.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SrEbATXHQzI/AAAAAAAACUY/YLOaEdLJLCo/s400/moto_0591.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382112721695621938" //aCould it ever be clearer enough? br /br /I passed there the other day and noticed that in lieu of GHC20.00, should you dare challenge the message on the wall, you'll be charged GHC50.00!br /br /Unless the originators of the message have mounted invisible cameras, or have deployed a standing force comparable to A href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247082/"Gil Grissom of CSI-Las Vegas/a fame to take your urine sample for "trace" analysis, in order to determine who micturated, I am not quite sure how it will be enforced!br /br /Students of a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/08/breaking-news-forget-csi-new-york.html"CSI Tamale/a, take note!:-)div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8890926398105488484?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 14, 2009
• 15:25

  Accra Apartments...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sq5i6R5t31I/AAAAAAAACTk/m25AccKUAlU/s1600-h/IMG_0204.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sq5i6R5t31I/AAAAAAAACTk/m25AccKUAlU/s400/IMG_0204.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381347358131740498" //a...are a rarity on the landscape of the Ghanaian capital. br /br /Given how much of Accra land is being utilised by investors for their operations, many of the residences--many of which, sadly, is mostly for the middle class--are being found ioutside/i the capital where getting to the capital is more than a battle of bottlenecks!br /br /Regrettably, also, is the fact that many of these are bungalows. It would seem that apartments could be an answer, but are our policy-makers listening?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6380518399033399946?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 10, 2009
• 14:39

  Demolished House in Accra

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sqkh71pa11I/AAAAAAAACTc/3d4D99HM4JA/s1600-h/moto_0587.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sqkh71pa11I/AAAAAAAACTc/3d4D99HM4JA/s400/moto_0587.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379868541767571282" //abr /As the Accra Metropolitan Assembly A href="http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/200909/26475.php"courts controversy for its decision to pull down some slums/a in the heart of Accra, I thought it timely to snap this picture to convey the mood.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6533099488528039095?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 09, 2009
• 13:32

  Welcome to Ghana's Parliament House!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sqeu_n97tdI/AAAAAAAACTE/aBppT_--kY8/s1600-h/DCFC0031.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sqeu_n97tdI/AAAAAAAACTE/aBppT_--kY8/s400/DCFC0031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379460688001086930" //aI've passed by, been to, circulated in the environs of Parliament House many a time, but today I thought I'd bring it to you--even if from a "long-view" perspective, where it's seen from a distance.br /br /Usually, entry to that august building is through the gates of the small structure, where the second (blue) car is entering the street from where I took this. br /br /The picture shows a rainy day back in 2006. br /br /I'll be sure to bring a more close-up picture of it when I get the occasion.br /br /You might want to check out the website here: a href="http://www.parliament.gh/"http://www.parliament.gh//a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3203740695714610723?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 08, 2009
• 13:47

  East Legon--The Tunnel of No Return?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SqZjktud1KI/AAAAAAAACS8/_LpRGeUJkVM/s1600-h/IMG_1704.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SqZjktud1KI/AAAAAAAACS8/_LpRGeUJkVM/s400/IMG_1704.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379096287341565090" //abr /Not quite. br /br /East Legon has this tunnel, which was never supposed to be used by cars--but by animals--but now has become a veritable tunnel to allow cars and dodgy trucks pass through north-bound and south-bound to the dreaded-Spintex Road.br /br /Am I making any sense? br /br /Neither does the inexplicable traffic that occasionally develops without reason. Had it not been for the guys at the mouth of the tunnel (check the figure in blue, wearing yellow on his head on the left) , the traffic would have been more than bottle-necks!br /br /And, yeah: they're ALL guys. Tunnel-watchers haven't gotten gender-sensitive yet;-)div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6379958202376001247?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 07, 2009
• 15:26

  Ghana Off to South Africa's World Cup 2010

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SqUmce6A7cI/AAAAAAAACS0/pIgLJgMCWZo/s1600-h/Samsung-ekb-0026.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SqUmce6A7cI/AAAAAAAACS0/pIgLJgMCWZo/s400/Samsung-ekb-0026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378747600738512322" //abr /Sometimes a picture paints a thousand words. On the day after the evening before, it paints a wonderful combination of emotions that reside in the majority of Ghanaians for seeing their A href="http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200909/4017.asp"football team/A--the Black Stars--secure a historic win over Sudan, triggering their qualification STRAIGHT to the a href="http://worldcup.mtnfootball.com/live/index.php"MTN World Cup/a in 2010!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6996358283513157722?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 03, 2009
• 14:37

  Ode to the (Psychedelic) Ghanaian Tro-Tro

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sp_VxvDwCrI/AAAAAAAACSk/91jxDhBx3tU/s1600-h/Photo-sms-0104.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sp_VxvDwCrI/AAAAAAAACSk/91jxDhBx3tU/s400/Photo-sms-0104.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377251530526165682" //aIn my humble opinion, it is an article of decency for any tro-tro owner to make his vehicle as attractive as possible. br /br /Like the ubiquitous taxi, there are tro-tros all over Accra. Many of us are quick to scoff, perhaps suck our teeth, at the insalubriousness of the drivers and the state of the cars they're driving, but there remain a few in the system that go the iextra/i mile, as it were. br /br /Tro-tros like these, which I boarded some two weeks ago. It wasn't ionly/i neat; it was also equipped with these psychedelic lights of blue and green fluorescent, which lent it a "disco-ey" feel. br /br /Did I say "long live tro-tros!"? br /br /Only when they're this cool!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-813710495250000765?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
• September 02, 2009
• 14:20

  The Curious Case of Ghana's National Identification System

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sp6bWzOr52I/AAAAAAAACSc/JRSDfSTAQE4/s1600-h/IMG_1005.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sp6bWzOr52I/AAAAAAAACSc/JRSDfSTAQE4/s400/IMG_1005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376905821138184034" //abr /Websites without regular updates are far from impressive these days. Especially when they are national agencies. So, I cannot help but wonder what is happening with Ghana's national identification system. To read on its very a href="http://www.niaghana.gov.gh/newsdetail.php?recordID=15"rudimentary website/a that the mass registration has NOT been suspended is great to read...br /br /...but not so great if that was in January 2009!br /br /The public's still at a loss to what's happening!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7721211204232795790?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• September 01, 2009
• 15:07

  Ghana Welcomes New TV Station "ETV Ghana"

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sp1Dtl0DySI/AAAAAAAACSU/8qAXLxYvROs/s1600-h/Photo-sms-0122.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sp1Dtl0DySI/AAAAAAAACSU/8qAXLxYvROs/s400/Photo-sms-0122.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376527980673878306" //aI snapped this while at Ring Road last Saturday. Given the size of the billboard, you would be forgiven for thinking that the brains behind this new station have quite a bit of money. You woul d not be wrong, for a href="http://www.gmaworld.com/"Global Media Alliance/a--responsible for the erstwhile "Sunday World" newspaper in Ghana--has teamed up with the a href="http://www.etv.co.za"South African counterpart/a to launch this free-to-air station. It already has a running website: A href="http://www.etvghana.com"http://www.etvghana.com/a.br /br /Suffice-to-say, it is not pulling any stops either!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3098786522847005833?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 31, 2009
• 15:26

  Sights Sounds: Ring Road (1)

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Spvss791CJI/AAAAAAAACSM/tkPdwGlTkbM/s1600-h/Photo-sms-0121.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Spvss791CJI/AAAAAAAACSM/tkPdwGlTkbM/s400/Photo-sms-0121.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376150836952238226" //abr /Last Saturday I was in town to deliver a lecture to a group of dedicated people fighting for issues far bigger than themselves. The event took place at Busyinternet on the Ring Road. I've done too much free publicity for busyinternet, hence my witting desire to inot/i link them. You can do that in a google search--easily;-)br /br /I have to say that I love this shot; there's something about the way it captures the Busyinternet sign, against the backdrop of "downtown" Accra, if you will. Our "VAT House" is to the right of the picture.br /br /More importantly, it's necessary to state that if ever you come to Ghana and you don't visit Ring Road, you, frankly, would not have "seen" Accra.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3151188740999456906?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 28, 2009
• 14:54

  Heard about Nigerian Manufacturer Omatek?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpgMJIopdYI/AAAAAAAACSE/JIywL1uevzE/s1600-h/Image049.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpgMJIopdYI/AAAAAAAACSE/JIywL1uevzE/s400/Image049.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375059506343015810" //aGiven the Nigerian anti-corruption police, A href="http://www.efccnigeria.org/"Economic Financial Crimes Commission/a, a href="http://news.google.com.gh/news/url?sa=tct2=en_gh%2F0_0_s_0_0_tusg=AFQjCNF6WrjCNpghRC_RRyAI_UWpFqrOaQsig2=nuBK6aIsBmvLaSiZYSAJzgcid=1301864376ei=7g-YSqDrOtrbjQfv_ePIAQrt=SEARCHvm=STANDARDurl=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fstories%2F200908280531.html"taking on bankers in Nigeria/a, you might forget that good things continue to come from Ghana's big brother.br /br /Omatek is one of those good news. Its a href="http://www.omatekcomputer.com"website/a describes it thus:br /br /blockquotebr /font face=garamond size=2br /Omatek Computers Limited is the first factory to locally assemble Computer cases, Speakers, Keyboards and Mouse, other than Computer systems and Notebooks in the whole of Africa. The assembling of these components in this factory has created a great advantage to other systems builders as well as resellers all over Africa for retailing.br //fontbr //blockquotediv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6445010575732992012?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 27, 2009
• 12:55

  Another Way Accra Mall's "Game" Shop Cheats its Customers

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpaD499xtPI/AAAAAAAACR8/rUuOlOYmx7U/s1600-h/Image203.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpaD499xtPI/AAAAAAAACR8/rUuOlOYmx7U/s400/Image203.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374628220042851570" //aHow about a little arithmetic for you this side of the day? What do you get when you have b14/b pouch meals in gravy (@100g) going for GHC17.50? What you get is a simple arithmetic where you divide 17.50 by 14 pouch meals. You get: bGHC1.25/B. That's 1.25 ghana cedis per pouch meal.br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpaDpzAtAfI/AAAAAAAACR0/NshuKoLMZbc/s1600-h/Image202.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpaDpzAtAfI/AAAAAAAACR0/NshuKoLMZbc/s400/Image202.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374627959404298738" //abr /br /br /br /br /br /br /So, how on iearth/i is it possible to get the same pouch meal of 100g going for...GHp0.90? br /br /1. Could it be that GAME management has poor supervisors?br /2. Could it be that it is GAME's way of ensuring that they cheat customers, knowing most of them are middle class and would not miss a couple of ghana cedis?br /3. Could it simply be that the profit motive for GAME blinds them to distraction?br /br /Whatever your question/answer formulation, I was profoundly disappointed when I asked a GAME attendant why this discrepancy, and all he could say was..."iah, that's GAME for you/i!"br /br /So, what is it? Conspiracy?br /br /Remember my A href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/tale-of-two-twixes-at-accras-game-shop.html""Tale of Two Twixes"/A in March? To err is human, but to persist...div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3665000843503507638?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 26, 2009
• 17:20

  Combating Climate Change in Accra Starts With...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpVvWosCm5I/AAAAAAAACRs/g2qPXnLODr0/s1600-h/Image169.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpVvWosCm5I/AAAAAAAACRs/g2qPXnLODr0/s400/Image169.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374324165006498706" //abikes! Surely bikes? There are a slew of new roads being developed round the country, but I wonder how many are factoring in ibicycle paths/i? br /br /At a time when the bAfrican Union/b is this week purportedly a href="http://news.google.com.gh/news/url?sa=tct2=en_gh%2F0_0_s_0_1_aausg=AFQjCNHBDNLA_ekGdMUaiD0WRcCKWeZSBQsig2=cGrqgAQZD_uf86dN2VGONgcid=1301235365ei=8G-VSui_F8bUjAft6a_IAwrt=SEARCHvm=STANDARDurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fenglish%2F2009-08-24-voa34.cfm"asking for cash/a to deal with adaptive changes flowing from climate change, I cannot help but wonder whether there should not be sub-regional approaches to this fight, starting with the use of iminimising/i cars n the road in place of iefficient/i public transport. br /br /Ghana is encouraged that the government is working on this, but a wider strategy that encapsulates the use of mere bicycle/motor lanes, in my humble view, would help address what could become a catastrophe of epic proportions over the next couple of years! A few bicycle places at Accra Mall will encourage people to bring their bicycles, but do only so much...div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1552981837617692039?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 25, 2009
• 16:23

  A Carriage at Accra Mall? Talk about Non-Essentials!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpQSgJJ53tI/AAAAAAAACRU/x3PSxjqvoP4/s1600-h/Photo-0002_e1.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SpQSgJJ53tI/AAAAAAAACRU/x3PSxjqvoP4/s400/Photo-0002_e1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373940598782418642" //abr /Two weeks ago, this carriage was located at the entrance of Accra Mall -- as if to say that all those who patronized the place were (A)middle class; (b)sufficiently "endowed" financially (c)had more money than sense.br /br /Given the financial crisis which has already hit Africa--not to speak of Ghana--I am wont to believe that those in the last category are likely to consider ieven/i hiring this carriage for whatever it is people do with a carriage these days...br /br /I am tempted to believe that its success was a non-starter, hence the rapid dispatch of it a week later!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7734519765446724088?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 24, 2009
• 17:12

  Breaking news! Forget Csi New York...

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  p class="mobile-photo"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9Aisu9CIwx0/SpLJ-sT1zLI/AAAAAAAAAAY/4n3dlIcWtMQ/s1600-h/Photo-sms-0095-745896.jpg"img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9Aisu9CIwx0/SpLJ-sT1zLI/AAAAAAAAAAY/4n3dlIcWtMQ/s320/Photo-sms-0095-745896.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373579384289873074" border="0" //a/pdiv class="gmail_quote"div class="gmail_quote"div class="im"br //divdivdiv/divdiv class="h5"divdiv/div divTrash all episodes of the remaining 2 legs of the Csi trinity, and prepare for Csi Tamale! br /br /On a more serious note, Tamale is in the Northern region of Ghana, and that is where the a href="http://www.uds.edu.gh/"University of Development Studies (UDS)/a is located. Am glad to see that a region purported to be in an unstable part of Ghana is focussing its attention to enhancing crime-combating techniques.br //div/div/div/div/divbr //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5680596105301861534?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 21, 2009
• 17:39

  Ghanaians Like Their Milo Drink...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/So7csH7UuOI/AAAAAAAACQ8/u-pWXeiqE_k/s1600-h/Photo-sms-0075.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/So7csH7UuOI/AAAAAAAACQ8/u-pWXeiqE_k/s400/Photo-sms-0075.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372474056099805410" //a...but given attention-grabbing headlines around health off-late (I never said "swine flu"!), it might be a good idea for Ghanaians to remember that they are among the A href="http://international-tariffs.suite101.com/article.cfm/top_cocoa_chocolate_exporters#ixzz0OqCPphjm"top 5 producers of cocoa/a. See below:br /br /blockquotebr / 1. Côte d’Ivoire … 1.3 million tonnes (37.4% of world’s total of 3.5 million tonnes)br / 2. Ghana … 720 thousand tonnes (20.7%)br / 3. Indonesia … 440 thousand tonnes (12.7%)br / 4. Cameroon … 175 thousand tonnes (5.0%)br / 5. Nigeria … 160 thousand tonnes (4.6%)br / 6. Brazil … 155 thousand tonnes (4.5%)br / 7. Ecuador … 118 thousand tonnes (3.4%)br / 8. Dominican Republic … 47 thousand tonnes (1.4%)br / 9. Malaysia … 30 thousand tonnes (0.9%)br /br /br /Read more: [international-tariffs.suite101.com] /br //blockquotebr /br /With that knowledge in mind, as they go home for the weekend, "a nice cuppa" as the Brits like to say, would be okay as long as it's a "nice cuppa" cocoa.br /br /Incidentally, the picture is one of iquintessentially/i-Ghanaian cocoa. Best drunk without sugar.br /br /Have a good weekend!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-873354535386713357?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 18, 2009
• 16:40

  Terrible Traffic on Spintex Road 17 Aug, 2009

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SorZ-rV9-hI/AAAAAAAACQc/eqS_5sXvnaQ/s1600-h/Photo-sms-0068.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SorZ-rV9-hI/AAAAAAAACQc/eqS_5sXvnaQ/s400/Photo-sms-0068.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371345176402721298" //aBoth northbound and southbound directions revealed tremendous traffic yesterday evening due to an accident on the a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/05/view-oftetteh-quarshie-interchange.html"Tetteh-Quarshie interchange/a. Those among us who are foolishly intrepid decided to iwalk/i instead of staying in a vehicle that was charging you for essentially being in traffic! This picture attests to that "foolishness". My camera-phone was a worthy target for theft but, hey, anything for a photo-op!br /br /You can view a video clip of how bad it was a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=139718840406ref=mf"here/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6009807865820440706?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 17, 2009
• 16:43

  Changing Faces of Accra...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SomLrgOq76I/AAAAAAAACQI/QMzNm6sn9h0/s1600-h/Photo-sms-0007.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SomLrgOq76I/AAAAAAAACQI/QMzNm6sn9h0/s400/Photo-sms-0007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370977610118131618" //aDon't reach for the rifle yet, when I tell you, in this post, about the Spintex Road for the umpteenth time!:-) It is important to let you know, though, that major changes are a-foot on this road for expansion. And this picture attests to those changes!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-9142429582792234498?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 10, 2009
• 12:25

  Busy, Busy, Accra!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SoASRrJ_Q8I/AAAAAAAACQA/2czVxtJC03A/s1600-h/SAMSUNG+011.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SoASRrJ_Q8I/AAAAAAAACQA/2czVxtJC03A/s400/SAMSUNG+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368310850677326786" //abr /I guess you can gauge how "busy" this picture looks, what with the peanut-seller in the brown skirt looking for customers as the tro-tros come in and out of the station at the famed "37" station; not excluding the taxis to the right of the picture with door ajar--ready to call out to potential customers...br /br /gotta run...!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8188634578770219134?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 05, 2009
• 17:46

  Take Your Ghanaian Fruit Pick!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SnnFyG6G57I/AAAAAAAACP4/03CjKeVK49U/s1600-h/Photo-0002.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SnnFyG6G57I/AAAAAAAACP4/03CjKeVK49U/s400/Photo-0002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366537895627122610" //abr /Well, at least, I ihope/i they are all Ghanaian fruit! I'm a sucker for colour, and as such, a sucker for a picture like this. Never mind that people might raise an eyebrow or two for taking pictures of fruit!br /br /I like to paint my own world, so if that means being considered a bFRUIT/bcake, I'm up for that. br /br /All in the service of blogging!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4631647694417742823?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• August 03, 2009
• 16:38

  Ghana Road "Accountability"?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SncTZHkobBI/AAAAAAAACPw/By_Gx8yRRlY/s1600-h/Image188.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SncTZHkobBI/AAAAAAAACPw/By_Gx8yRRlY/s400/Image188.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365778803285584914" //abr /I think the boards could do with some cleaning. Wonder whether this project was ever executed?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4047498445440378030?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 30, 2009
• 16:32

  Forget the Accra Road Signs...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SnHgTL8GLVI/AAAAAAAACPA/Wp2OmBo93xc/s1600-h/Image192.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SnHgTL8GLVI/AAAAAAAACPA/Wp2OmBo93xc/s400/Image192.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364315251401960786" //a...at Ridge.br /br /Just check out that heavy sky!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-9034178698095341426?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 29, 2009
• 16:14

  If Ghanaian Trees at Ridge Could Talk...?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SnB5iNY3wLI/AAAAAAAACOw/0-yv1G4QNkI/s1600-h/Image187.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SnB5iNY3wLI/AAAAAAAACOw/0-yv1G4QNkI/s400/Image187.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363920784814751922" //aAh, Ringway Estates: a leafy, verdant place located very close to the apogee of Ghanaian (and strikecolonial/strike bpre-colonial/b) suburbia: Ridge. I have always wondered whether this part of Accra ever gets hot, because the trees just seem to grow and grow...and grow!br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SnB19uva1pI/AAAAAAAACOo/f66tTtubjps/s1600-h/Image184.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SnB19uva1pI/AAAAAAAACOo/f66tTtubjps/s400/Image184.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363916859577652882" //aSo huge they grow that I could not help but wonder--when I was in that part of town for a public service--whether if these trees could talk they would offer us a glimpse into the days pre-independence? br /br /These must surely be a boon for historians seeking to understand variations in climate of the country. This particular tree stretches so high up--perhaps some 20-30 metres!! br /br /I cannot but wonder what it has seen!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3471443947150503115?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 27, 2009
• 12:46

  Anyone for Accra Coconuts?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sm2jjErXIeI/AAAAAAAACOQ/Od7YHNN6xlM/s1600-h/Image150.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sm2jjErXIeI/AAAAAAAACOQ/Od7YHNN6xlM/s400/Image150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363122554214490594" //aWhether it's on the path leading up to the Accra Mall or...br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sm2j1WOjTrI/AAAAAAAACOY/jwIshvdujfo/s1600-h/Image159.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sm2j1WOjTrI/AAAAAAAACOY/jwIshvdujfo/s400/Image159.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363122868163137202" //a...it's in front of a gargantuan a href="http://www.gh.zain.com/"Zain Ghana/a billboard -- ialso/i in front of the Accra Mall, coconut-eating in Accra is not just cheap, but so ide rigeur/i you cannot miss it should you ever make it to this city.br /br /br /Even as recently as last Saturday, there was a certain lack of vivacity to the picture on account of the rather-dull weather post-rain.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3083946814623369374?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 21, 2009
• 14:24

  There's only Word on my Lips: "Rain" (in Accra)

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmXRaVqJEAI/AAAAAAAACNg/exulNhSTO70/s1600-h/Image091.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmXRaVqJEAI/AAAAAAAACNg/exulNhSTO70/s400/Image091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360921181875146754" //aNot to belabour the point of the rainy season, but this picture I took from East Legon shows really shot-up corn...br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmXhtpqy8DI/AAAAAAAACNo/zSLS1cpCuxI/s1600-h/Image092.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmXhtpqy8DI/AAAAAAAACNo/zSLS1cpCuxI/s400/Image092.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360939105850159154" //a...and some more corn!.................br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmXiYS48g1I/AAAAAAAACNw/EWn2xZQ2W84/s1600-h/Image117.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmXiYS48g1I/AAAAAAAACNw/EWn2xZQ2W84/s400/Image117.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360939838469866322" //abr /br /Today, the word was not that much different. The weather was cool, averaging around 22 degrees celsius. Certainly, there have been signs that the rain might fall. This can only mean more corn. By extension, more food for Ghanaian farmers?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8500924235624912238?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 20, 2009
• 15:00

  Welcome to Gulf House, Accra

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmSINEBcl6I/AAAAAAAACM4/7FXdTROHW9o/s1600-h/IMG_1360.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmSINEBcl6I/AAAAAAAACM4/7FXdTROHW9o/s400/IMG_1360.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360559214477219746" //aActually, not quite. The building you see in the background is that of what is known as Gulf House. Located just off the A href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/08/beautiful-sunset-on-tetteh-quarshie.html"Tetteh-Quarshie interchange/A, it houses Ghana Commercial Bank; Agricultural Development Bank. Opposite it is the sleek-looking a href="http://www.gipc.org.gh"Ghana Investment Promotion Centre/a, which I will do well to bring you a proper picture of one of these days!br /br /A quick google search shows you the exact position, which you can see for yourself here: A href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=enclient=operarls=enhs=PDGq=%22gulf+house%22+Accraaq=foq=aqi="http://www.google.com/search?hl=enclient=operarls=enhs=PDGq=%22gulf+house%22+Accraaq=foq=aqi=/a.br /br /One thing I don't quite understand is if a href="http://accramall.com"Accra Mall/a and a href="http://www.silverstartowers.com/tenants.html"Silver Star Towers/a can have websites, why not Gulf House, which has been around for at least a decade?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-306270105341940794?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 17, 2009
• 16:17

  Return of the Mass Metro Buses on Accra Roads?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmCm5vqHf8I/AAAAAAAACME/TQV3SlpksBY/s1600-h/IMG_0097.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmCm5vqHf8I/AAAAAAAACME/TQV3SlpksBY/s400/IMG_0097.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359467067546763202" //abr /A question like that might go some way to do a great disservice to those buses that iactually/i have been plying on the Ghanaian roads, but it was important to ask! Especially because last time the regularity was indisputable, I was posting entries like this here: a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/02/inside-ghanas-mass-metro-buses.html"http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/02/inside-ghanas-mass-metro-buses.html/a and a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/10/heres-almost-how-packed-i-was-in.html"http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/10/heres-almost-how-packed-i-was-in.html/abr /br /Yesterday morning, I needed to go downtown as part of my habitual service to the nation that I am rendering (all will be revealed soon!) alongside my regular work.br /br /Running late, I decided I was going to have to charter a taxi, which would have been rather expensive (around 6-8 ghc, or roughly 4/5 US$). Rather fortuitously, a bus (as referred to above) pulls up, with a sticker by the window "SAKUMONO / [Accra] CIRCLE" [Sakumono is on the Spintex Road, and Circle is really downtown!!], with a young personable lady shouting for customers.br /br /I boarded the bus to a sight of neat buses--very atypical to the tro-tro. I thought these buses had gone out of service this part of Accra!br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmCnjkN4afI/AAAAAAAACMM/lmqwGRdrBAE/s1600-h/IMG_0103.JPG"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SmCnjkN4afI/AAAAAAAACMM/lmqwGRdrBAE/s400/IMG_0103.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359467786030049778" //abr /I would rather coincidentally board this isame/i bus on my way home from work, just across the Accra Mall. The young lady of the morning--looking rather tired--and I would exchange smiles for the very small world I am reminded daily of being a part of!br /br /Whichever transport you take today, keep it safe, and have a great weekend!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-4606721588523436761?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 15, 2009
• 16:14

  Despite Loud Silence, Obama's Words Float with Hope in Ghana...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sl4BBO9DbvI/AAAAAAAACL0/Fii7vCO37WA/s1600-h/obama-facebook-ghana.JPG"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sl4BBO9DbvI/AAAAAAAACL0/Fii7vCO37WA/s400/obama-facebook-ghana.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358721727323139826" //abr /I've been absent on this blog in a manner that was not my own doing. While I believe that A href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/07/15/ghana-hope-and-candour-float-in-ghana-following-obamas-visit/"hope and candour floats in Ghana/a after his visit, seeing as this is primarily a picture blog, I will leave you with "pictures" I took and uploaded on my Facebook blog, which you can visit here:br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sl4BNer86gI/AAAAAAAACL8/oqb-hmzW-80/s1600-h/obama-facebook-ghana2.JPG"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sl4BNer86gI/AAAAAAAACL8/oqb-hmzW-80/s400/obama-facebook-ghana2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358721937704806914" //abr /br /a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=124243id=603880406" [www.facebook.com] class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3207259857046884273?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 09, 2009
• 15:22

  Guess Who's Coming to [a Ghanaian] Dinner from 10-11th July (Hint: the US Prez!)?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlYMERiA-pI/AAAAAAAACLU/wYpbEve3eg4/s1600-h/Image083.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlYMERiA-pI/AAAAAAAACLU/wYpbEve3eg4/s400/Image083.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356482074368866962" //aToday's edition of the nation's flagship newspaper a href="http://www.graphicghana.com"Daily Graphic/a offered a rather hefty edition, starting with key articles like these, offering reasons for Obama's desire to come to Ghana. It was based on an a href="http://allafrica.com"All Africa/a interview of Obama at the White House...br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlYLyy4lNAI/AAAAAAAACLM/sLFyEVQg588/s1600-h/Image080.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlYLyy4lNAI/AAAAAAAACLM/sLFyEVQg588/s400/Image080.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356481774084240386" //aOther pieces like these were from companies offering their "akwaaba" or "welcome" to Ghana. This one from Kosmos is perhaps ironic, as there's been tremendous speculation from the more-discerning bunch of Ghanaians that Obama's motivation coincides with Ghana's discovery of commercial quantities of oil last year. Kosmos is a foreign company that has bought stakes in the oil that Ghana has uncovered. Recent stories indicate that a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINWEA008820090708"Ghana's National Petroleum Company/a is keen to buy the b30%/b stake that Kosmos has.br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlYLjyAD3-I/AAAAAAAACLE/uK0dyB5j7UY/s1600-h/Image082.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlYLjyAD3-I/AAAAAAAACLE/uK0dyB5j7UY/s400/Image082.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356481516149137378" //aFinally, the cover of today's paper. It was evident the production team would have come up with something that included the word "historic"!br /br /I guess the secret's out for the dinner surprise, then?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8693811027300909695?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 08, 2009
• 15:21

  Aloft the top of an Accra Quasi-Skyscraper: Where's my Accra Super-Hero?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlS9j7Xy4EI/AAAAAAAACK8/2Iu1vu2mOZo/s1600-h/Image009.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlS9j7Xy4EI/AAAAAAAACK8/2Iu1vu2mOZo/s400/Image009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356114281780928578" //aA very cryptic title for a strange post. I cannot help but imagine Obama the super-hero standing on the corner of this building, which is no less than the "VAT House" of one of the popular suburbs of Accra--Adabraka, reputed to be in the heart of the city.br /br /Truth be told, I can just see the sun in the corner of that building coming down to reveal an iObama/i, cloaked in iSuperman/i's garb, cloak fluttering in the wind as he reminds you and I to pay our taxes...br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlS9JFCyyrI/AAAAAAAACK0/LL4FcY9vpVU/s1600-h/Image011.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlS9JFCyyrI/AAAAAAAACK0/LL4FcY9vpVU/s400/Image011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356113820520729266" //abr /This side of the afternoon, you cannot really blame me for going on that flight of fancy;-) Especially given how the tale is one veritably steeped in bathos, where the sublime makes way for the ridiculous!br /br /Seriously speaking--should that be writing?--I'm glad you now are familiar with the VAT House. Judging by the impressive height of the building, they must be raking in quite a bit! They're a stone's throw away from a href="http://www.busyinternet.com"busyinternet/a, located on the Ring Road of Accra.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5845091765024580453?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 07, 2009
• 14:32

  Is it that Obvious that Obama's Coming to Ghana?

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlNdMfWPb_I/AAAAAAAACKs/tdr-Imn6Vd8/s1600-h/Image074.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlNdMfWPb_I/AAAAAAAACKs/tdr-Imn6Vd8/s400/Image074.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355726851028250610" //aI spoke to a friend in the States this morning who knew nothing of the visit of Obama to Ghana, but knew of the one to Russia!br /br /Whatever the case may be, as a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-06-voa32.cfm"this VOA article maintains/a, bi"Ghana's government is running a series of radio ads in anticipation of President Obama's visit"./i/bbr /br /One ad that has been on the airwaves goes like this:br /br /blockquotebr /font size=1ib"First black president of the United States of America, you have become a shining star, and despite the height of your achievement you are still proud to be called a black man. Barack Obama is coming home. He is coming to Ghana, Gold Coast, the center of the world,"/i/b/fontbr //blockquotebr /br /Ghanaians wait with baited breath for his visit!br /br /This rather blurry picture, compounded by the fact that it had rained, was taken last weekend near the famed a href="http://www.ghana-pedia.org/org/index.php?option=com_directorypage=viewListinglid=162Itemid=36"Kwame Nkrumah Circle/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-3900339477244273797?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 06, 2009
• 13:35

  Accra by Night

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlIapID7wnI/AAAAAAAACKk/vN7QyFOeZqw/s1600-h/moto_0575.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SlIapID7wnI/AAAAAAAACKk/vN7QyFOeZqw/s400/moto_0575.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355372200737882738" //aWe get so used to the pictures around us that we oftentimes forget that the night brings a beautiful collection of sounds and sights--like this one--that cannot be emulated during the day.br /br /Despite the reflection of the lights, one can still make out the cars and the streetlights. This was taken some fifteen minutes before 7pm on the '37' road.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-6868289037648493558?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• July 02, 2009
• 9:39

  A Day after Ghana's Celebration of Republic Day (1 July)...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SkzQ4Y-J_EI/AAAAAAAACKc/gX5mj2cMSTg/s1600-h/Image050.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SkzQ4Y-J_EI/AAAAAAAACKc/gX5mj2cMSTg/s400/Image050.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353883724231081026" //a...sees still more traffic, and plenty of rain!br /br /For the past seven years, many of these bus "shoulders" have appeared throughout Accra and the country. It's only recently that I have been seeing that the "bus" signs are appearing alongside.br /br /Honestly speaking, I can foresee a more sanitised transport sector with more distinctive shoulders for public transport, and a greater intervention by the regulators, including the a href="http://www.nrsc.gov.gh"National Road Safety Commission/a, who are getting tougher, as exemplified by this article here: a href="http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_social/r_6340/"where such-like regulators get tough on those vehicles that overload/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-1158934066547332316?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• June 26, 2009
• 9:48

  No Entry for Ghanaian Mosquitoes!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SkSbedtFBLI/AAAAAAAACKM/JqgHfov6wRg/s1600-h/IMG_2871.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SkSbedtFBLI/AAAAAAAACKM/JqgHfov6wRg/s400/IMG_2871.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351573204895073458" //abr /As the month of June slowly draws to a close, I think it's a safe point to express profound gratitude for ADP blog as it certainly has not been regular, due to many work pressures that have kept me away from my desk, even at lunchtimes! br /br /July will come with a greater degree of levity work-wise as I would have acccomplished a number of tasks very necessary for, well let's just say, my peace of mind!:-)br /br /In the meantime, I leave you for the weekend with this picture of a mosquitoe-proof net--a sight which graces many, many Ghanaian homes. At this very rainy season, which is likely to end end-August, our night foes come with more acute bites;-)br /br /I am sure you can imagine, I will be doing a lot of a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/now-that-rain-has-gone.html"this/a during this quintessentially pluvial season!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5181705941324451965?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• June 25, 2009
• 18:06

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• 4:59

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• June 24, 2009
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  Welcome to Badoo!

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  Hey, where are your photos on Badoo?

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  div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 0; padding: 30px 0;" table width="80%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" tr td width="10%"/td td align="left" width="90%" style="font: 13px/18px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" h2 style="font: normal 24px/27px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 0 0 18px; color: black;"Hey, where are your photos on Badoo?/h2 Right now your friends can't recognize you and it's harder for you to meet new people, because you have no photos of yourself on your profile. Add some photos of yourself from your computer or webcam, and get seen!br / br / big style="font: 16px/18px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"ba href="http://badoo.com/access.phtml?UID=147841493amp;secret=edoTEH52n7amp;action=add_photo" style="color: #3366cc;"Add photos of yourself now!/a/b/bigbr / br / Link doesn't work? Copy the following link to your browser address bar:br / nobra href="http://badoo.com/access.phtml?UID=147841493amp;secret=edoTEH52n7amp;action=add_photo" style="color: #3366cc;"http://badoo.com/access.phtml?UID=147841493amp;secret=edoTEH52n7amp;action=add_photo/a/nobrbr / br / br / P.S. Most of your friends already have photos, and we're sure they would love to see you too!br / br / table style="border-collapse: collapse;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" tr td style="width: 90px; padding-right: 15px; vertical-align: top;" a href="http://badoo.com/access.phtml?UID=147841493secret=edoTEH52n7action=add_photourl=http%3A%2F%2Fbadoo.com%2F0147815029%2F" style="color: #3366cc;"img src="http://p28.badoo.com/166/4/0/2/147815029/1136861/1136906_mmp.jpg?updated=1245860726" width="72" height="72" style="margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ebeef1; border-style: none;" alt="" /br /E. K./abr / small style="font-size: 11px; padding-right: 35px; color: #999; vertical-align: middle;"Akkra, Ghana/small /td /tr /table br / br / img src="http://images.badoo.com/1439/-/-/i/badoo.gif" width="80" height="23" alt="Badoo" / p style="margin-top: 10px; color: #666666;"This is a post-only mailing. Replies to this message are not monitored or answered. If you don't want to receive any more messages from Badoo, a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/impersonation.phtml?lang_id=3amp;mail_code=26amp;email=ekbensah.accradailyphoto%40blogger.comamp;secret=edoTEH52n7" style="color: #3366cc;"click here/a./p /td /tr /table /div div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8146873342532163447?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
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  div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 0; padding: 30px 0;" table width="80%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" tr td width="10%"/td td align="left" width="90%" style="font: 13px/18px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" h2 style="font: normal 24px/27px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 0 0 18px; color: black;"You have a new message on Badoo!/h2 div style="color: #666; padding: 0 0 20px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"See this message in a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3/?lang_id=5" style="color: #3366cc;"Deutsch/a, a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3/?lang_id=6" style="color: #3366cc;"Français/a, a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3/?lang_id=8" style="color: #3366cc;"Italiano/a, a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3/?lang_id=7" style="color: #3366cc;"Español/a, a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3/?lang_id=61" style="color: #3366cc;"Português/a or a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3" style="color: #3366cc;"13 other languages/a. This email was sent by E. K. (ekbensah@gmail.com). If you received this message by mistake, please just ignore it./div table style="border-collapse: collapse;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" tr td rowspan="2" style="padding-right: 22px;"a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3"img src="http://p28.badoo.com/166/4/0/2/147815029/1136861/1136906_mmp.jpg?updated=1245860726" width="72" height="72" border="0" style="background-color: #ebeef1;" alt="" //a/td td style="font: 13px/18px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"E. k. Bensah left a message for you.br /Follow this link to open it:/td /tr tr td style="padding-top: 15px;"big style="font: 16px/18px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"ba href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3" style="color: #3366cc;"Check your message.../a/b/big/td /tr /table br / hr style="height: 1px; color: #e5e5e5;" / br / big style="font: 13px/18px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"Some more patiently waiting folks:/bigbr / br / table style="border-collapse: collapse;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" tr td style="padding-right: 13px;"a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3"img src="http://p38.badoo.com/127/6/3/2/102416797/49405/49439_mmp.jpg?updated=1210048623" width="72" height="72" border="0" style="background-color: #ebeef1;" alt="" //a/td td style="font-size: 11px; padding-right: 35px; color: #999; vertical-align: middle;" span style="font-size: 14px; color: #333;"Ernest Adjei/spanbr / Akkra, Ghana /tdtd style="padding-right: 13px;"a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3"img src="http://p69.badoo.com/113/7/2/4/106145198/171223/173303_mmp.jpg?updated=1215780966" width="72" height="72" border="0" style="background-color: #ebeef1;" alt="" //a/td td style="font-size: 11px; padding-right: 35px; color: #999; vertical-align: middle;" span style="font-size: 14px; color: #333;"May Ackah/spanbr / Akkra, Ghana /td /tr tr td style="height: 20px;" colspan="4" /td /trtr td style="padding-right: 13px;"a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3"img src="http://p70.badoo.com/112/3/1/5/102419861/42677/44340_mmp.jpg?updated=1210154823" width="72" height="72" border="0" style="background-color: #ebeef1;" alt="" //a/td td style="font-size: 11px; padding-right: 35px; color: #999; vertical-align: middle;" span style="font-size: 14px; color: #333;"Jackie Nana/spanbr / Akkra, Ghana /td /tr tr td style="height: 20px;" colspan="4" /td /tr /table br / Link doesn't work? Copy the following link to your browser address bar:br / nobra href="http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3" style="color: #3366cc;"http://eu1.badoo.com/0147815029/in/HMMYKAFrq6M/?lang_id=3/a/nobrbr / br / br / img src="http://images.badoo.com/1439/-/-/i/badoo.gif" width="80" height="23" alt="Badoo" / p style="margin-top: 10px; color: #666666;"This is a post-only mailing. Replies to this message are not monitored or answered. If you don't want to receive any more messages from Badoo, a href="http://eu1.badoo.com/impersonation.phtml?lang_id=3amp;mail_code=21amp;email=ekbensah.accradailyphoto%40blogger.comamp;secret=amp;invite_id=1137369amp;user_id=147815029" style="color: #3366cc;"click here/a./p /td /tr /table /div div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7599441134360592053?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• June 23, 2009
• 16:18

  "Onyame Bekyre" Market Stall on Accra's Spintex Road

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SkDd5lHqxiI/AAAAAAAACKE/WMDfzcKs7PQ/s1600-h/IMG_2890.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SkDd5lHqxiI/AAAAAAAACKE/WMDfzcKs7PQ/s400/IMG_2890.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350520338602706466" //aAs I was going to work this morning, I was confronted by the sight of two bulldozers -- one on either side of the Spintex road -- doing the necessary grading of the road to expand it to the four-lane the new NDC government promised us. br /br /Almost seven months into the government, this is an exemplification--if ever--of delivering on a long-held promise the outgone government failed to work on. br /br /As Ghanaians keep their fingers crossed for the work to continue apace (and, frankly, where it's at, it would be ignoniminous to stop!), it might be a good idea to remember our market men and women who have stalls all along the said-road. Their livelihoods might just come at the expense of "development"--read: "a reduction in traffic for already-too many cars on the road".br /br /This stall (pictured) is but one of many. Tomatoes are not the only food the market woman lady is selling, though the picture might belie this fact.br /br /I'm all for development, but as they say in this part of the world (and as per the inscription of the market stall), ibOnyame Bekyre/b/i, or God will show the way!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-2192824059948560206?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• June 19, 2009
• 15:10

  Sights...and Smells of a Tro-Tro

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sju8OwFs6eI/AAAAAAAACJ0/xm3CEWzPons/s1600-h/IMG_2886.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sju8OwFs6eI/AAAAAAAACJ0/xm3CEWzPons/s400/IMG_2886.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349075944045603298" //aYou would not be in Ghana if you were not to see these commercial vehicles that litter the capital and beyond with yellow license plates.br /br /Some of them are more sophisticated inside than this rudimentary one, and sometimes you'll be the worse for wear if you don't sit strategically, where that means you get stuck between a trader/itinerant vendor, or someone who had his bath aeons ago! Given it's the cheapest form of transport, small wonder you get all sorts!br /br /Whatever vehicle you're in this weekend, ensure you either drive safely, or the driver does!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-9107677102621884593?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• June 16, 2009
• 16:40

  Busy busy, on the Spintex Road (I)

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SjfQ1Q2OfUI/AAAAAAAACJs/hI_Nnj4vUK4/s1600-h/IMG_2888.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SjfQ1Q2OfUI/AAAAAAAACJs/hI_Nnj4vUK4/s400/IMG_2888.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347972695999806786" //aI like this picture because I think it represents the increasingly busy nature of parts of the Spintex Road. br /br /Take the Chinese Restaurant--"Sweet Roses"--that I have referred to before here: a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-commercial-enterprises-in-ghana.html"http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-commercial-enterprises-in-ghana.html/a. It is located just a stone's throw away from that hotel in the picture. I took this picture from the front of a pharmacy.br /br /The man walking in my direction was going to the pharmacy. br /br /Now these apparently-mundane activities to me highlight one thing--how "convenience" is becoming a catch-word for Ghanaians, and how the famed Spintex Road has created what I would call "clusters of convenience" for those who ply the road. That there is a bank--just metres away from all this business--can only testify to how entrenched the clusters of convenience are becoming more apparent on this road.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5861376056130095492?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• June 11, 2009
• 9:36

  Ghanaian Pedestrians: Red, Stop,...Go!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SjEDFRNtw1I/AAAAAAAACJM/tPev_6pUrvU/s1600-h/Image048.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SjEDFRNtw1I/AAAAAAAACJM/tPev_6pUrvU/s400/Image048.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346057621720646482" //abr /I had to go to work a little later than usual yesterday as I had duties to the nation to fulfil. The magnitude of the work at hand did not prevent me from taking the time to catch a photo of this pedestrian "meter", located at the a href="http://gbcghana.com/news/26452detail.html"Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange/a.br /br /Before you ask, it idoes/i work;-) I do need an answer, though--what ido/i you call what I called the pedestrian "meter"?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-7681586454073112920?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• June 04, 2009
• 9:26

  Just in Case You Missed Obama...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sif9bmX21_I/AAAAAAAACJE/yrrPgfTkA3o/s1600-h/Image039.jpg"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sif9bmX21_I/AAAAAAAACJE/yrrPgfTkA3o/s400/Image039.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343518133497288690" //a...he was all over the news this morning when in an afternoon at the bUniversity of Cairo/b, he read his yet-another a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/obama_text"eloquent speech/a, in which he said:br /br /blockquotebr /font size=1ibr /Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire.br /br /We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal. And we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words, within our borders and around the world.br /br /We are shaped by every culture. Drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept, E pluribus unum: Out of many, one.br /br /Now much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected president.br /br /(APPLAUSE)br /br /But my personal story is not so unique. The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores. And that includes nearly 7 million American Muslims in our country today who, by the way, enjoy incomes and educational levels that are higher than the American average. br //font/ibr //blockquotebr /br /But if you ireally/i missed him, don't worry, he will be in Sub-Saharan Africa--specifically iGhana/i in July for two days!br /br /The nation awaits with baited breath...div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-2201530990891755664?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• June 01, 2009
• 14:05

  Snapshot of Wares at Madina Market

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SiPjsSZA4rI/AAAAAAAACI8/zHLzBXHhfN8/s1600-h/IMG_2864.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SiPjsSZA4rI/AAAAAAAACI8/zHLzBXHhfN8/s400/IMG_2864.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342363932982043314" //abr /I've covered a href="http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/07/madina-merriness-mobile-phone-repair.html"Madina/a before; it's in the outskirts of Accra, and plays host to an equally-vibrant market as in the centre of Accra. br /br /This is a snapshot of that market some two weeks back.br /br /Can you see the handbags, and the fruit? All common wares sold here!br /br /Roll up, roll up!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-8472597493972477524?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• May 29, 2009
• 11:44

  Ghanaian Traffic Warden at work!

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SiADx4kJEzI/AAAAAAAACI0/7h9wPjbK2sw/s1600-h/IMG_2869.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/SiADx4kJEzI/AAAAAAAACI0/7h9wPjbK2sw/s400/IMG_2869.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341273313593856818" //aKeep your eyes on the road! br /br /The ones in yellow tops are those that belong to the erstwhile a href="http://www.ghana.gov.gh/ghana/national_youth_employment_programme.jsp"National Youth Employment Programme/a. They don't belong to the police, but aim to assist them.br /br /Have a safe weekend. br /br /Keep it equally safe!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-5778247534498822018?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div
• May 27, 2009
• 17:15

  Now that the Rain Has Gone...

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  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sh12aFEPjYI/AAAAAAAACIM/AL6Vi6pJxs0/s1600-h/IMG_2853.JPG"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sh12aFEPjYI/AAAAAAAACIM/AL6Vi6pJxs0/s400/IMG_2853.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340554923539926402" //a...it looks like the mosquitoes are in full operation. Here's one of yours truly attempting to light two mosquitoe coils...br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sh12KtGD5pI/AAAAAAAACIE/toyswtoONrM/s1600-h/IMG_2854.JPG"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqpA7o7qIBI/Sh12KtGD5pI/AAAAAAAACIE/toyswtoONrM/s400/IMG_2854.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340554659407062674" //aSuccess! Let's blow them away with that smell!br /br /Don't you love the picture of the flame lighting up? The beauty of a fire lighting up!br /br /By the way, it's great to be back!div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26927428-121217606484449923?l=accradailyphoto.blogspot.com'//div