tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post6181555215529434729..comments2023-12-25T08:31:01.586+00:00Comments on Holli's ramblings: Getting arrested, the Triple F cups and the ChameleonsThe pale observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01597175124251218057noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-33457537476161056302010-05-09T23:09:35.259+00:002010-05-09T23:09:35.259+00:00Great post, Holli. Can smell and hear and see that...Great post, Holli. Can smell and hear and see that market. Reading about the cat, the police, the thoughtfully parcelled bag of crap, brings it all so fabulously to life. And far, far nicer to experience the scene through your vivid beautifully crafted descriptions than to endure the reality - which I'm not very good at these days.Karenhttp://Butterflyandbarnacle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-77477985462549796512010-04-05T18:02:44.607+00:002010-04-05T18:02:44.607+00:00Hi Holli,
I love reading your writing. Yes we had...Hi Holli, <br />I love reading your writing. Yes we had the shakedown a few weeks ago in Tamale. Bolga is relatively laid back by comparison so it was a shock when we were stopped when the tyre went about an inch over the line at the traffic lights. Others were over, their licence plates out of date, they're not wearing helmets. Our licence plates are up to date, we're wearing helmets...but you know...they took the bike, swore all sorts of things and shook us down because I was on the back, I believe. Only once a year on average, though, so not that bad really.Gayle Pescudhttp://gisforghana.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-50464259083256252572010-03-30T11:17:52.471+00:002010-03-30T11:17:52.471+00:00Always so interesting to read what you share! Ind...Always so interesting to read what you share! Indeed so very different from what I experience. I'm glad you didn't get arrested and could share the tale of what all you saw at the Saturday market!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246470297042186087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-7720417612322882852010-03-07T16:56:47.858+00:002010-03-07T16:56:47.858+00:00get your licenseget your licensemadinghanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363652244812333214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-89436075068145741062010-03-04T23:55:58.566+00:002010-03-04T23:55:58.566+00:00LOL @ the cat situation. Cats are fiesty in Ghana ...LOL @ the cat situation. Cats are fiesty in Ghana so the guy must have been really fast.<br />Lucky with the cops though. You saved enough money & time to go towards the renewal.Mikehttp://ghanahallofshame.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-69955650901367096032010-03-03T15:24:12.102+00:002010-03-03T15:24:12.102+00:00Hi Badger, yes they eat cats in Ghana. I wrote a p...Hi Badger, yes they eat cats in Ghana. I wrote a post about it earlier in fact:<br />http://hollisramblings.blogspot.com/2007/10/they-eat-cats-in-ghana.htmlThe pale observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597175124251218057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-89475263558490608752010-03-03T13:41:07.298+00:002010-03-03T13:41:07.298+00:00Pity the iPhone had to stay behind, but discretion...Pity the iPhone had to stay behind, but discretion is the better part of valour (and inconvenience avoidance!) Pics would have been hilariousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-58586878897409199642010-03-02T21:43:15.261+00:002010-03-02T21:43:15.261+00:00The things I learn here: never let the police into...The things I learn here: never let the police into the car if I travel to Ghana or several of the surrounding areas. Don't wear too much jewelry (which is fine, because I don't anyway). <br /><br />Unfortunately bags of excrement are enough to keep me living vicariously :-) Also, crowds...not my thing. <br /><br />Reading about other people's adventures, now that's my thing! Thank you for providing those. <br /><br />Also, every now and then I menace cat with a threat of being sent off to areas where he might be consumed. He just blinks at me, I sense that he knows I'm bluffing, that he is thinking over the many times I have threatened to turn him into a throw rug, and not followed through. <br /><br />To my cat? I'm like the police in Ghana. Stare at me right, and I'll back down ;-)Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-79098040080441149562010-03-02T21:08:54.120+00:002010-03-02T21:08:54.120+00:00Holy Toledo! They eat cats?Holy Toledo! They eat cats?Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-20403869758852572882010-03-02T20:20:11.256+00:002010-03-02T20:20:11.256+00:00Great adventure - sounds intriguing! Good for you...Great adventure - sounds intriguing! Good for you for sticking up to those police officers.Travel & Dive Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726948140601040484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-3869827737971755422010-03-02T16:35:39.999+00:002010-03-02T16:35:39.999+00:00@Mary and Sean - it's impossible to spend a fe...@Mary and Sean - it's impossible to spend a few hours in Makola market without something memorable or interesting happening! :)<br /><br />Six feet under - I promise, it's great fun!<br /><br />Lora - true what you say about our perception of pets. It's cultural and perception only. They are all animals. Either you believe in animals for food or not - but our cultural issues about cats and dogs being somehow immune is strange if you look at the broader world perspectives!The pale observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597175124251218057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-56884807231044005552010-03-02T14:58:18.739+00:002010-03-02T14:58:18.739+00:00we have a market in my neighborhood that is the ol...we have a market in my neighborhood that is the oldest open air market in America, and it is so different and so interesting and so photographable but it is NOTHING like what you describe here!<br /><br />I remember walking through the market on my first date with my husband, and they were killing dogs in an empty yard to sell the next day (you can buy black market dogs and cats here in the asian and african stores) and it was so heartbreaking, and knowing that it was just normal culture in other parts of the world seemed so strange. But, we eat cows, and sheep are so cute when they are alive so really what is the difference?Lorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11721629115039897949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-32675390152729256412010-03-02T14:29:57.980+00:002010-03-02T14:29:57.980+00:00Six Feet Under, but are you having any fun? ;)Six Feet Under, but are you having any fun? ;)Miss Footloosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601892611652195901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-13122695604881079072010-03-02T13:34:56.376+00:002010-03-02T13:34:56.376+00:00Wow. Thats why I don't go to other countries!Wow. Thats why I don't go to other countries!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08491912348513256080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-79994245545274241632010-03-02T09:26:43.798+00:002010-03-02T09:26:43.798+00:00Hi Miss Footloose! Yes, they always seem to want t...Hi Miss Footloose! Yes, they always seem to want to get in the car, but once you let them in they have you! I have learned never to let them in also :)The pale observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597175124251218057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-187263612472845562010-03-02T05:36:53.758+00:002010-03-02T05:36:53.758+00:00what an adventure... wow, I would have to work mys...what an adventure... wow, I would have to work myself for a shopping day at the market, and then if nothing exciting happened, I'd be disappointed!Mary and Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793829667368903351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851511451028936152.post-90986982354038317102010-03-02T01:10:07.405+00:002010-03-02T01:10:07.405+00:00Holli, great fun, your trip to the market! Rememb...Holli, great fun, your trip to the market! Remember my own shopping trips well. Also remember the police trying to arrest me on a couple of occasions. Once they wanted me to open the (locked) car door so I could give them a lift to the police station for the paper work. I told them I was sorry but no, my husband had told me I was not allowed to have strange men in my car. You should have seen there faces! They had no transport so it was hopeless and they let me go (without a bribe).Miss Footloosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601892611652195901noreply@blogger.com