Tag Archives: Ghana
G-AKGK
This is G-AKGK, 60 years ago this past January, I was a very young passenger on this aircraft on BOAC’s London-Rome-Kano-Accra route; in 1959 this took just over 14 hours. This was the first time being taken back to Africa … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, BEA, BOAC, British Airways, first flights, Ghana, international travel, Nigeria, sailing, sea travel, Stratacruiser, VC-10
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My Rocking Horse
Unexpectedly, I’m going back to where I grew up, and where I loved being. For me, revisiting my past means going back to West Africa – to Nigeria to be exact! I’m in need of having an ‘Africa fix’ since … Continue reading
Posted in disability, life, living abroad, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, agricultural research, agriculture, CGIAR, childhood, dam construction, education, expatriate, Ghana, Gold Coast, IITA, international travel, money, Nigeria, parents, school
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Being in a Minority X 2
Being in the minority gives you a different perspective, being in a minority twice over gives you an added perspective. Those who have read my initial will know I should have been a farmer’s son in bonnie Scotland. Of course, … Continue reading
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Tagged abroad, Africa, backpackers, cities, disability, disabled expat, ethnicities, Ghana, international, Japan, minority, Myanmar, Nigeria, Scotland
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How It All Started
Hello. I’m Alistair… …by rights, I was supposed to be a farmer’s son in Scotland. Things didn’t turn out as my parents’ originally planned – not that they…or I were disappointed! They were glad as the years passed that … Continue reading
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Tagged abroad, Africa, beginnings, disability, disabled expat, expat, farming, Ghana, life, Scotland, uniqueness
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What life a disabled expat - a life atypical? 