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New Beginnings

I am back from Ghana. You can find pictures on Flickr. I had a great time and especially enjoyed meeting the D-Lab community partners and working in the villages. Once again I was pointed out as the IT guru and helped out with a few computer issues. The administrator of...
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Ghana

Blog Entries- Going to Ghana Day One: Into the Sewer Ghana Cribs University of Development Studies The Crocodile Pond Mole National Park Tamale Stuck in Ghana Stuck in New York
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Stuck in New York

Apparently lightning does strike twice. Are the stars out of alignment? Do I have some bad karma? Why can't I complete my trips without some crazy delay? Last time was Accra, now I'm stuck in New York.
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Stuck in Ghana

Unfortunately, my flight home has been delayed until Sunday. I arrived at the airport around 08:00 for my 09:45 flight today and I was turned away by airport security. The Delta supervisor on duty would not even listen to me long enough to hear me out. I was not the...
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Tamale

So, I have pictures of Tamale posted. No video this time. Like the rest of Ghana, there is a could of dust over Tamale, that blocks the sun and blends in with any clouds that might be in the sky. Consequently, the temperature is quite nice, and I don’t have...
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Mole National Park

On Saturday, I woke up early to head to Mole National Park. I was promised that I would see lions, tigers, and elephants, but I only saw elephants (3 of them), antelope, a few baboons, and wild hogs. I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. There really isn’t...
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University of Development Studies

I spent the later half of last week and all of the weekend in Tamale, Ghana, a city to the north of Accra. I was the guest of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Development Studies (UDS). After we met in Accra on Wednesday, he was gracious enough to...
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Ghana Cribs

Check out my room. I was bored a couple of days ago, so I made a video and uploaded it to Google. IntroPart 2
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Day One: Into the Sewer

I've just spent my first night in Ghana. The flight over seemed endless. I have never had the patience to complete Sudoku puzzles, but after 10 hours I developed patience and worked through a couple in the Sky magazine on the plane. I also met a woman who owns an...
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Going to Ghana

Why is there a silent "feature" on my alarm clock? I was supposed to wake up at 4 AM this morning to catch a flight to NYC, but apparently there is a volume control on my alarm clock and it is turned completely down, so I woke up to many...
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