A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
Browsing Tag
Okay, okay, so I’m not actually touring round Africa. But what else would you call it? This year I set myself two reading goals: to read some of the classics I didn’t get to when I was at school, and to focus on reading outside the genres I tend to default to. The first book …
I’m the first to admit I’m not the most frequent bus traveler. Okay, for two years or so I caught the bus home from school every day – and hated it. Then there were the handful of longer distance bus trips I took – the trips to and from the Grahamstown School Arts Festival and …
As anyone who’s read my book A Different Way of Seeing: A Blind Woman’s Journey of Living an “Ordinary” Life in an Extraordinary Way will know, I often have a somewhat difficult time with bathrooms when travelling. Mostly it is due to the unpredictable layout and design of each bathroom and its facilities as I …
As you may recall, the reason I was in Ghana in the first place was to speak at the 5th annual AFRINEAD conference on disability. Sitting in the conference centre at the KWAMA Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, listening to a Star-studded group of dignitaries address the challenges inherent in developing …
It’s Wednesday morning and as I sit here listening to the rain pouring down in Cape Town I find myself reflecting back on the week I spent in Ghana… was it really only a few days ago??? My overall impression of Ghana is that of warmth, the warmth and humidity of the weather, the warmth …
It’s finally arrived! By the time you read this I’ll be heading off to Cape Town airport to catch my first flight on my journey to Ghana… Or even sitting in the airport waiting to board the plane. So, as I sit staring pensively into the middle distance in the airport terminal I think it’s …
Three weeks today I’ll be sitting on a flight winging my way to Accra, in Ghanafor the AFRINEAD Conference. Travel is always exciting and this time I’m really looking forward to the experience of being a blind tourist in a new (for me) country, and for having the opportunity of attending and speaking at the …