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the daily commute from bridge to ridge the daily commute from bridge to ridge skip to content home get in touch what s this whole blog about anyway older posts bags and baggage posted on october 15 2012 by kwaku dankwa the more i thought about it the hotter the sun grew it wasn t even ten in the morning i was on leave and had to make a quick dash into town before settling for a relaxing week in bed tema station was buzzing with activity a salesman clutching a battery operated stereo sang along to a tape he was playing does anyone still buy audio cassettes after him a drug peddler had his turn i was more intrigued by the sales pitch than by the wonders of his product the disadvantage of being first into a trotro is that you have a long wait for it to get full the advantage is in getting to choose your seat so i plopped myself in the front one woman came carrying a heavy load of foodstuffs the mate convinced her to pay double and lay her burdens on the next seat she also had a worn black fertilizer bag filled with bagged gari that she placed in the space in front of the mate s seat slowly the trotro filled up a heavyset woman walked leisurely to us as the mate shouted his lungs out bawaleshie america house last one on her head she balanced a black fertilizer bag containing three tubers of yam we ve been waited for you a long time the playful mate chipped before he went screaming for his master who was probably playing cards or draughts with the other station dwellers continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in tales from a trotro tagged accra banku junction bawaleshie mercedes benz 207 tema station trotro 5 comments let s just vote already posted on october 8 2012 by kwaku dankwa i knew i was in trouble when i hummed stand up stand up for jesus to myself on my way to work and found myself singing from victory unto victory the ndc i quickly stopped myself a shy smile spreading across my face in the moment i also remembered i d heard the ndp s anthem a corruption of will your anchor hold sadly the politics of the day had infiltrated my mind and i was swept up by the national mood continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in the streets tagged accra elections fiesta royale government ndc ndp politics tetteh quarshie interchange trotro voting y fm 7 comments all in a night s work posted on september 17 2012 by kwaku dankwa it was late perhaps too late too late certainly to find a trotro i kept on asking myself what on earth i was doing in a taxi at a quarter to midnight trying to get home this was by no means a beautiful cab but at this ungodly hour you take what comes driver which way is this i asked this time he ignored me in the first three replies he hadn t convinced me that we d get anywhere near where i thought we should ve been i felt the first strains of fear creep up my spine the night was playing out in my mind in a variety of ways none of which was pleasant force the door open and roll out i thought not in this neighbourhood home boy now i was talking to myself that s never a good sign mr driver was bobbing his head violently to each beat from his stereo continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in once upon a taxi tagged dj east legon george bush motorway mugging speed demon taxi 6 comments a deathly business posted on august 14 2012 by kwaku dankwa by some stroke of ill luck i wasn t on my regular public transport route on the evening of 24 th july 2012 i wasn t on any public transport route at all i wondered what kind of conversation was going on within individual beat up trotros or what taxi drivers were talking about rumour had quickly turned into sad truth the president had kicked the bucket metro tv couldn t have found a more classless way to make the first announcement of its kind ever in ghana grief quickly made its way up like a destructive flood from the south to the north hearts were filled with sorrow heads were filled with ideas continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in accra living tagged accra atta mills daily graphic herd mentality koogyan mate metro tv se asa trotro 9 comments lights camera action posted on july 16 2012 by kwaku dankwa after a long hiatus i m back with a guest commuter today very briefly he s got to be one of the best wordsmiths i know on twitter dela kobla nyamuame is a poet and a keen observer of ghanaian life one thing don t gbaa around him or he ll find the wittiest way to expose you please comment share read his blog and follow him amegaxi asomasi it had been your typical trotro trip on the spintex road slowly cooked in a sardine tin on wheels china phones had been doing their thing ringing too long and too loud mixed with the cries of babies sweltering in the heat it was all very unbearable it felt good to have the blood find its way to my legs once again turning my neck to massage the cramps that were forming there my weak legs almost gave way when i saw a man walking in on the pavement dvds in hand and a movie poster tacked onto his shirt azonto ghost seriously is there no end to the wonders that a trip to work in accra can churn up continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in the streets tagged agya koo azonto ghost ghanaian movie 24 comments wardrobe malfunction posted on may 22 2012 by kwaku dankwa i hadn t quite envisaged my trip home this way i was increasingly worried about what my room would look like after the afternoon s downpour what bad luck that on this day that the heavens let it all down in all its destructive glory i had opened my windows and forgotten to close them soon after reaching spanner junction to complete my homeward commute a slight drizzle started only compounding my worries the restless crowd i was going to contend with was getting more agitated as bodies got wet the sound of a trotro was an invitation to a rush of epic proportions many months ago i refused to partake in any such undignified shows of desperation and decided to wait for a taxi a trotro approached looking to stop right in front of me a stroke of luck i could only get out of the way in time to miss hulk behind me charging at the gate it was now a stalemate as the passengers getting out were blocked and nobody could get in perhaps the rain was fuelling tempers in a flash a young man ran swung his leg through the open back window the next thing we heard was a long ripping sound the laughter that followed from stranded commuters diffused the tension how the young man s face was one of total calm was beyond me poor guy continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in tales from a trotro tagged accra dzorwulu fiesta royale george bush motorway rain trotro 9 comments a watered down pain in the gut posted on may 8 2012 by kwaku dankwa there s something about trotro drivers they can t bear sitting in traffic for even the shortest time the car stops and the driver slouches into his seat on his left elbow with a kiss of the teeth and a frown on his face half a minute later he sits up beckons his mate to stick his hand out and with all the energy left in his two arms turns the wheel bouncing in his seat with each turn a jerk or two later the car moves onto the shoulder of the road warning animals and pedestrians to get out of the way with a blast of the horn every few seconds on my route however a good number of these are people carrying yellow containers in search of water continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in accra living tagged accra east legon electricity company of ghana flagstaff house ghana water company kufuor gallon taps trotro water 6 comments whatever it takes to win one posted on may 2 2012 by kwaku dankwa walking through the tunnel at the accra sports stadium i couldn t help feeling a rush the faithful s singing got louder as i approached the field at the end of the passageway my eyes adjusted to the light my spirit realigned and i was ushered into the presence of a few thousand christians singing and dancing along to cindy thompson s music it was great i was at the billy graham ghana jesus crusade i hadn t been to the stadium since ghana beat nigeria at the 2008 african cup of nations i hadn t been to such a gathering since the healing jesus crusade at brewaniase in 2007 in fact this was only the third of fourth crusade i d ever been to hours after i d witnessed hundreds walk up in response to the call for salvation i thought about our church programmes in accra there must be thousands each year most meant to win souls of course there are the charlatans who have jumped onto the bandwagon to increase the girth of their waistlines and have become acquainted with gucci and prada in the process but how do they all get congregations to flock to them in their droves irrespective of motive good old advertising continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in the streets tagged accra agyinasare convention crusade eastwood anaba la highway trotro 8 comments adabraka it s been real posted on april 16 2012 by kwaku dankwa on friday the 13 th april 2012 i had to make a decision i was on my way to the kwame nkrumah circle in the evening from the office i d made that trip so many times that i never even gave it a second thought i had to be at calvary baptist church in adabraka by 6 30pm fairly routine no not quite this time i was making the journey from my office in dzorwulu continue reading share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading tagged accra accra girls dzorwulu fidelity bank kanda nima highway kwame nkrumah circle new town nissan urvan pig farm ridge trotro 8 comments what have you inhaled today posted on april 2 2012 by kwaku dankwa in line with the second anniversary of the blog and giving some friends a chance to vent we have another guest commuter on board veronique is the editor of emerge magazine and for those not in the know it s a bi monthly magazine focusing on women s strength beauty and confidence a through and through tema girl apart from a brief stroll through atlanta she s got quite her own ups and downs have fun reading comment and please share asomasi i remembered kwaku s plea to share my public passenger experiences or more aptly encounters two minutes after i sat on the bus microbes mass transit i had just wrapped up a business phone conversation with my colleague and bought my ticket when the lady sitting next to me motioned to the petty trader for a sachet of water i mentally sighed with relief thankfully and atypically no droplets splashed my freshly pressed afrochic dress as she hurled a hefty arm inches away from my face and chest to grab the globule of obviously lukewarm water on a slightly cloudy yet warm wednesday morning by the time the bus took off i was i re reading my daily word reflection for the day while relishing the surprisingly cushioned seats on the immaculately clean bus then i heard the familiar light thud despite my earphones my neighbor had done it again she had confidently thrown the half drank sachet on the floor in front of her my heart immediately sank a little at least the radio won t be blaring at inappropriate decibels en route i consoled myself the trip was further interrupted by a young passenger who proceeded to jump off the bus to make an eleventh hour purchase just as the driver was pulling out of the station only to then scream hey hey door to get back on as if on cue a loud cough emanated from an undoubtedly uncovered mouth two seats ahead of me i knew we were really on our way now continue reading share this tweet email a link to a 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