Re:Bill Gates unleashes mosquitoes on TED conference
by TrevorJ on Thursday February 05, 2009 @12:07AM
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What area of Ghana? I was there myself a couple years ago with a documentary crew. Traveled through Accra and across the Volta region. How did you find the country? In my experience the people are wonderful.
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Re:Bill Gates unleashes mosquitoes on TED conference
by teej on Thursday February 05, 2009 @12:34AM
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All in the Ashanti region, about an hour north of Kumasi. Ghana was an incredible place - I also found the people wonderful. Very inviting and very friendly. All the older non-english speaking women would laugh and forgive me when I butchered their Twi names.
Re:Bill Gates unleashes mosquitoes on TED conference
by TrevorJ on Thursday February 05, 2009 @12:51AM
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I had a terrible time with names, and I felt very uneducated when I realized that nearly everyone was fluent in several languages.
Oddly enough one of the most astounding things that happened when I was there was when one of the nationals with no formal training fixed an electronic piece of our camera gear with makeshift tools. That still is number one on my list of coolest hacks.