My home away from home

Cosmos and Millicent are the couple who opened their home to me for my stay in Assasetre. It is not easy to accomodate 2 people into an already filled home but they did so graciously. I loved all the color of the Ghanaian homes, no white walls here.


This ws the house I staye in. Out front is the porch. Inside there are 3 bedrooms and a living room

Here are my bathroom accomodations. The blue structure was a privacy area for bathing. With no running water I had to bathe from a bucket and use a cup to rinse. I found the privacy was not complete as a man came down from the trail on the right and I could see he could see down into my space and probably saw more white flesh than he wanted. From that day on I used a bathing suit for modesty. The building on the right is the outhouse. It was much better than I had expected, it had a seat and all. I had envisioned turkish toilets so this was a pleasant surprise.


This was Millicent's cook house. I loved how a number of women congregated each day and worked together on laundry and cooking. It makes me sad as I go about cooking on my own in my house.... I kind of like communal cooking.