It had been an arduous trip but I made it to Brazil, then to Natal, and then to my hotel. It was time for me to try and relax. I went down to the lobby to have dinner and watch the England – Italy match. I invited myself to a table at which an Economics […]
Soaking in the sun in Fortaleza
I was sad to leave Natal for Fortaleza. I had had fun. Met decent people. Had good conversation. When I arrived at my hotel in Fortaleza Thursday evening I was even sadder. Instead of the cheerful feminine conceirge men I had in Natal, I was met by an ice-queen of a woman. The whole hotel […]
Enjoying Natal
I have met quite a variety of people here. From the random guys on the streets with whom I chat up briefly and take pictures with based on what they are wearing to people in my hotel lobby. The other day a young man (I almost feel old enough to call him a boy) tried […]
Solo in Brazil
Yes, solo. It wasn’t meant to be this way. Though I travelled alone to South Africa for World Cup 2010 I was met at the airport by a cousin with whom I stayed and I went to games with friends or extended family. I found myself solo there once and that was with that spineless chap. I […]
Lincoln Everywhere We Go
One of the tourist attractions my Belgian cousins were interested in was the Lincoln Memorial. That necessitated a trip to Washington DC where I got to play tourist as well. I, however, did not expect to come across so much history related to Mr. Abraham Lincoln. It actually was quite neat, trying to recall my […]
24 hours in Washington D.C.
My Belgian cousins who are in their early 20s are visiting the United States for the very first time. They wanted to see the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Constitution, thus a trip to D.C. was born. We drove from New York to Washington D.C. with the plan to arrive around noon. By the […]
Dancing with Angelique Kidjo
In the midst of a busy week, I decided to take a break and go see Angelique Kidjo in concert. She’s a Grammy award winning singer from Benin to whom I was introduced by way of her song Batonga! back in the early 1990s while still in Ghana. I remember thinking back then that it […]
Guest Post: Car Troubles
T’ni briefly touched on this prior. But it was more involved than she recounted under “Daddy’s Run-In With a Policeman”. Daddy has been having car troubles for quite a while. He still has the Nissan pickup from the 1990s, but also a Mercedes minivan and a newer Nissan which has given him trouble since he […]
Guest Post: Excursion to the Fish Farm
One of the memorable moments of our visit to Nzema was a day trip to our father’s farm in Sowodademu, near the border with Côte d’Ivoire. He has had the land there and farmed it for quite a while. When we used to live in Accra in the early 1990s, he would return from his […]
Guest Post:The Cure All Malam
I saw this on our travels and thought K’Chie would appreciate it. We were in Nzema on our way to our father’s farm. We stopped along the way for a few supplies. It was market day in that village and I was walking around taking in the sights. Then I come across this. He’s a […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.