dear all!
i hope you are all doing fine!
i left ghana in the end of july, since then i am in austria and the weather is great! it rains every day, and it is cold - perfect for me after years in ghana without a lot of rain and too much heat!! besides me i think no one is happy about this "summer"!
i still want to show you some last pictures from ghana...
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goods are carried on the head - likt this the head often becomes a market place! |
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last pictures from the village i stayed... |
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old jerseys from the soccer club where i played as a child! |
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this is the flower of... |
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...ground nuts (pea nuts). but the nuts are obviously in the ground! |
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i visited a function at our kings palace |
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military and police ensured security for the function |
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our king nayiri sitting in the highest position with some of his chiefs |
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other chiefs came to greet the king! |
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people were looking... |
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...and looking... |
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...and looking... |
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...at the king! |
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rainy season really started - finally |
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people started to prepare their fields at the beginning of the rainy season |
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because too many people wanted to see the ghana world cup matches we put the TV outside! can you see me in the crowd?! |
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market with nice fish |
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soccer pitch |
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flower of baobab tree |
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once this car was parked outside the football room, while its "driver" was watching a match inside!! |
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thats how the TV room looks |
finally i had to leave the village - and organized a small fare well party. friends, former staff and neighbours were invited!
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madam dahamata takes care of my house during my absence - good job madam! |
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party guests! |
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last traditional meal, in traditional clothes |
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at mr. joes house, with his senior wife and some of their children |
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weeding is difficult for mr. joe after his motorbike accident |
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mr. hamidou |
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a child cought this bat - and later he prepared and ate it with his friends |
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my bro rauf with aslam and bob |
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a great painter |
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old baobab tree |
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street food - fried yam, fried fish with sauce and water |
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market day |
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yams |
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"such is life" |
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TV at chikata |
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almost all cars are from europe - this one is from austria |
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at a spot |
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myself |
i also went to keta, east off accra
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thinking man (thinking men!) |
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roads in accra at night |
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austrian fish and bread |
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lake fuschel |
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in the mountains in salzburg, my home town |
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there is enough water, and its green!! |
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in vienna, in the 6th floor we had a visitor - and it stayed for 3 days!!! |
in salzburg i saw a crazy place - a training center built for the red bull junior soccer players and ice hockey cracks. they built the most modern ice hockey arenas in europe - its possible to train there all year
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its really cold in here - the ground is ice and if it was warmer than 0 degrees it would melt...so you can imagine! |
and most crazy an indoor soccer pitch! 90 meters x 60 meters, a normal size pitch - but idoor! outside there are another 7 pitches.
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something i have never seen all my life |
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i also met isaac vorsah, a black stars player (ghana national team) who plays for salzburg now! |
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thats the outside view of the training center |
i am now at home, have met many friends already and hope to see the other ones soon! i am also tying to find work in austria now. insha allah it will work!
if i have any interesting pictures again i will post them.
take care, kind regards from rainy salzburg, 7