Thursday, March 30, 2006

First pictures!


Allright, as promised, here are some pictures! The transfer speed is rather slow, so we'll see how many I get uploaded before time runs out...
The first picture shows uncle George and auntie Joyce's house. To the right is the house that Mrs lived in between ages 2 months to 4 years. To the left is the new extension that uncle George is constantly working on, tiling the floor.










This picture shows uncle George himself. I have yet to catch Maa Abena and auntie Joyce on camera, but I'll do my best whenever I meet them.















This is the dog that guards the house. I have to admit that he seems a bit schizophrenic, being nice and quiet one minute, barking loudly at you the next. He almost scared Mrs to death on on occation. I feel a bit sad for him being tied up all day, but I'm not so sure I'd like to see him loose either... He's cute to look at from a distance!







Just to give an example of how much houses differ in standard, here is a picture of a block of flats. Quite run down, and according to uncle George they are to be torn down, but the tenants refuse to move and so far they are still standing. There are worse examples of housing, but certainly extremes when it comes to nice houses aswell!







When we went to the fishing harbour we saw these big fields of fish, spread out on the ground. Looked more overwhelming in real life than on camera...









This is me and the children at Vivibon School. They are very happy to pla with me, and I'm very happy t play with them. Some of them already are learning Swedish (Hej och hej då), and know my name and chant Mats instead of Obroni...









Here Amadou and Mariam are preparing for their next gig. No, sorry, it's me and Mrs preparing to go out and have a look at the solar eclipse.









This is what the full eclipse looked like. Gradually it got darker and suddenly the daylight disappeared and an eerie orange dusk or dawnish coloured light spread. The dogs of the house (We were at uncle Fred and auntie Helen's) got a bit uneasy and didn't know where to go. You could only look at the sun without the special glasses (and take photos) when the moon covered the sun completely like in the picture.






This is Derek, Moses and Dillon looking at the solar eclipse when it gradually goes back to being uncovered again. The eclipse was a special experince indeed, and the boys can save the spectacles for the next one in Ghana in roughly 50 years time...














That's it for now!

7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kul att se lite bilder! Jättehärlig bild på dig och ungarna!

4:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We love your pictures Mats. It looks like you are both having a great time.
Say hello to the kids from us.

4:48 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tina och Mats era lyckostar! Åh vad trevligt med er utomordentligt fina blogg. Man blir så glad. Ni är så otroligt tjusiga på Amadou & Mariam bilden. Det är ju nästan så att man vill gråta!

Puss.
Ashik

11:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Det verkar vara underbart där nere. Man blir ganska avundsjuk när du är i Ghana och Erik är i Malaysia när man sitter här hemma i snöslasket... Häftigt att få se en riktig solförmörkelse också. Det kommer väl en till Sverige om ca 125 år som man kanske får se:)
Ser fram emot att se fler fina bilder!

11:41 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hej Bro och Tina!
Den här bloggen är en superidé! Härligt att se att ni faktiskt är där medan man själv skottar snö. Kram på er!

8:56 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tina, Mats - Mats, Tina...
København er kold og våd. Og jeg skriver på dansk (til ære for min yndlingselev Mads). Hvor ser det fantastisk fremragende ud! Det er blæret, min venner, at I i den grad har spændt hjelmen og givet den som ægte Dynamics all the way - Held og lykke til jer begge! (Jeg vil uddybe min respekt i en mail af længere karakter).
For nu:
Tina, you look beautiful:)
Mats, jeg ville også dytte hvis jeg passerede dig i min taxa
Kærligst, Laura

6:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

derek, moses and dylan are ma cousins...wow such a small world....hope u had fun in nungua?

this is me Nana in london

10:34 AM  

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