First it didn’t seem like we were ever going to arrive. Our plane to Accra was pushed back from the gate only to discover that there was a mechanical problem (again!). The left wing de-icer was malfunctioning. It took about an hour for Delta to decide this plane wasn’t going to get fixed anytime soon. … Continue reading Getting to Ghana
Today, we landed in Accra, Ghana after a long overnight flight. The plane got off the ground almost exactly five hours late due to a deicer malfunction which required us to change planes in JFK. The flight was uneventful, particularly if one considers sleep an event, but it was good to get there and our … Continue reading Landed in Accra
It is 10:10am local time, but we just left New York 8 hours ago and it was 9pm. Currently webare flying over the Ivory Coast and should be arriving in Accra on about an hour. Last night, the plane we boarded at JFK at 3pm, yesterday had a problem with the deicer over the left … Continue reading Over Ivory Coast
Here we are, driving to JFK airport to catch our rebooked flight to Accra, Ghana. After our flight was delayed, yesterday, we had to come up with a contingency plan. As a group, we had a lot to decide and many options to balance, and as a team we did very well at proposing solutions, … Continue reading On the way to JFK
As always travel is an adventure. Our flight from Hartford to JFK is cancelled so our trip out is delayed 24 hours. A bit of a bummer but the delay gives us time to catch our breaths and get a good nights sleep. The airline is paying for our hotel tonight — so that’s nice. … Continue reading Progress so far (Hartford)
Yesterday as part of our preparation for going to Ghana both Thomas and I took off our wedding rings. We decided to do this because we didn’t want the trip to be about us being gay. Homosexuality is not well accepted in Africa. (Many rural Ghanains dont believe that And we certainly didn’t want the … Continue reading Taking off the Wedding Rings
Leaving January 1, 2010, Bob and Thomas will be going to a village in Eastern Ghana, Africa with a small group from our church, St. John’s. We will be bringing a set of eight computers from One Laptop Per Child initiative to set up a computer lab in the village school, for the students to … Continue reading Off to Ghana
Today we had a long meeting discussing things to do when preparing to go on our trip to Ghana. There was a lot of stuff we have to talk about a lot of stuff we have to plan technical details about the laptops, cultural issues we have to consider, aspects of money how to tip … Continue reading Prep meeting
Thank you to Dave from the Boston Gaylaxians Science Fiction Society for hosting an excellent gay zombie movie fest. OK, let’s deconstruct those modifiers: ‘movie fest’ – yeah, we got that one. More than one movie + food. ‘zombie movie’ – sure, every one’s heard of them. You know. The dead rise again to eat … Continue reading Gay zombie movies and brain-shaped Jello molds
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