This weekend, my sister took me out for a long overdue time out. She wanted us to go out on my birthday but since I was in school at the time, we scheduled it for when I was done with school and came home.
We planned to go The Magnolia but we haven’t been able to go for the two months I’ve been home because we both have been busy. We finally decided to do it yesterday when we were both available and had free time.
If you’ve been reading my blogs recently, you know I’m staying at UDS Tamale Campus in an area called Dungu where I do my national service. It’s an area on the outskirts of Tamale. My sister stays inside Tamale though at Gurugu, so I had to meet her there so we go. I headed out around 9am to catch a tricycle there.
I took the first tricycle into Tamale, walked through the market, and picked a second one to my sister’s area. The ride from Dungu inside Tamale was like a 10 minute ride. And that from inside Tamale to Gurugu (my sister’s area) was like a 15 minute ride.
The thought of having to alight at the junction to her house and walking a distance on the dusty road to get there bothered me a lot. I considered two options:
a) calling her to come pick me up when I got there but I changed my mind again because I didn’t want to bother her over a small distance’s walk.
b) try to get the tricycle driver to take me there directly. I tried this option but he got some passengers immediately I got off and refused to take me in.
Walking it is
Why I was bothered about the walk in particular was because the road was dusty and as usual, I was dressed in a white top and sneaker.
I walked for like 5 minutes and was at my sister’s place in no time. I had breakfast there as I waited for her to get ready for us to leave. She had to bath my nephew and get ready herself.
We left like an hour later but before we did, my sister started her picture taking lol. I took her a couple shots standing next to our ride(hers). Then we headed out and arrived at The Magnolia like a 20 minute ride. I was riding so I didn’t get a chance to get some shots of us en route.
When we got there, there was a parking lot outside for cars, and another onside for motorbikes where I parked.
Then we made our way into the fancy section lol. I took this first picture as we approached the second entrance into the playground. The blocky type floor here and the environment reminded me of Minetest’s environment. It was beautiful!
We passed the kid’s playground to get ourselves seated next to the pool before we order. I personally wanted to take a dip in the pool but because I didn’t plan on it earlier, I didn’t bring a swim suit or something like that. I saw many people here from Savelugu in the pool but barely spoke to them because I didn’t know them on a personal level. These two guys were doing some very interesting swim styles I didn’t know and it just made me want to jump into the pool even more. One of them has his iPhone something pro max in his hand and they were taking turns using it to go under under the water. Can never be me!😂 I remember how the last time I was at the pool with @nhaji01, some guy went under with what seemed to be an iPhone 13 and it ended it tears. The desperation and regret in his eyes was saddening.
We sat there for a while and my sister had a near-pool shooting session before we ordered something. This was when we realized the tea we had earlier was a mistake. We ordered some kebab and sausage with my favorite drink, Ceres.
That’s my hand holding the cup. The small black notch on my hand is from excessive riding. People that ride motorbikes often have it because that part of your hand is always pressed against the end of the throttle
After the picture session and the food, we went to the kid’s playground where she wanted to take some more pictures. I was the photographer in most of the pictures so I don’t have that many pictures of myself.
We took a couple more pictures at the magnolia photoshoot area. I was worn out from the picture taking at this point because I’m already not much of a picture person. Camera-shy.
My sister was asking us to order food now but I still wasn’t hungry. It was pretty ironic considering that I mostly eat in between shorter intervals but today, for some reason the tea seems to have taken my appetite appetite with it.
It was getting late at this point and we decided to head back to her place. When we got back, she dropped me off to the junction to pick a tricycle back to UDS.
Aside the fact that I didn’t get to take a dip in the pool, it was really great and I enjoyed it. I met someone from my back at school there and she was honestly the one that took the pictures where both my sister and I were in frame.
The next time I come here though, swimming will definitely be an option and I want to use the trampoline too. I considered bouncing on it, but paused for a minute and thought, “that’ll make me seem weird and childish but I couldn’t help the though so chances are next time I’m here, I’m going full childish!
*All pictures in this post were taken on my phone
Great post. Great pics. I hate you!
That grass can't be real can it? It's looks seriously perfect!
I’ll see you in the next one😂
Yeah definitely can’t be real. Probably an imposter among us:)
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the greatest reward for people should be spending their weekends happily with their families
Exactly. Although some people don’t get to do that often because of their jobs.
you went to your sisters place just for fried eggs. I know very well.😂😂
It was soo funny. I’m sure his iPhone was a circle product just like yours.😂😂😂
After eating a crate of egg you expect to have an appetite?😂
I see you being the uncle of the year.😅
You know I don’t like eggs like that. If it wasn’t beans, we’d be talking about something different entirely😂
That was barely even 5 eggs😂
If I had known I wouldn’t have an appetite later because of it, I would skip it to eat something at The Magnolia.😂 There’s a always a next time though so.
Do you want me to remind you of that incident with my fried eggs?😂
I hope there’s a next time.
Nice day out you had
And you’re no picture-shy person 😏
Lol I take pictures with you guys I feel at home with you guys. See wahala😂😂😂
For a moment I thought the lady and child was your wife and daughter. I had to look at the picture before I read the post, then I realized it was your sister taking you out to have some good time. The grass and the scenery is amazing. One cannot even begin to imagine the ability of that iPhone to take beautiful pictures. I wish I saw more food on the table hahaha
Haha I’m too young to have a wife and kid bro. Maybe some time in the future, sure.
iPhones definitely do amazing when it comes to photography. I mean that’s like their whole preach.
As for the food, I regret having that tea before we went. Looking back now at all the food that was available to pick from that day, I hate myself for not having ordered anything. Please take me back:(
A great weekend. The outing was interesting!
It was. Thanks for passing by:)
You had a good day it seems. I bet you tried out everything at the playground, even though those were not for you 😂
Jokes aside, I'm shocked to see your sister is carrying your nephew on the bike. You would get arrested for that and child protection you most likely take the child away for child endangerment.
Lol I actually didn’t get to try that many things. I also wanted to hop on the train ride though but too many people were watching so I controlled my inner child.
It’s a normal thing around here so I’m surprised to hear it’s a crime around your place. People ride bikes carrying their kids all the time here. Maybe it’s also because we don’t have cps here.
So is it that mothers are not allowed to pick their kids on bikes?
If you carry a child on your bicycle, the bicycle has to have a seat for the kid and the kid has to have helmet. But this refers to kids and not babies. Motorbikes are a different thing though.
This is a very new thing to me and I’m sure it is to most people around Ghana and Nigeria. Around here our bikes don't have compartments to carry children. Unless of course you customize one on your bike yourself. I'm sure you see on my sister's bike. I think it’s a great safety measure though for the safety of children.
Trust me, it's for the safety of the children. These things are taken seriously and because there are street cameras everywhere, you can't get away with it.
When I see what's going on in Nigerian, India, Thailand, all those bikes going in every direction, without respecting any rules ... oh God! It gives me the headache 🤕
I think with regards to the safety of children, it’s because we don’t have any body like cps. Regular road safety rules like helmets and stuff are still a thing. Police are not all around the country, so you don’t see most of the laws enforced in the smaller towns and villages. It is in the big cities you see people following laws strictly: because there’s law enforcement to exercise penalties if they don’t.
Damn bro. Are you sure you and your sis aren’t twins?
Lol we’re not. We’re like 3 or 4 years apart.
Interesting. You look very much alike
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Hot boy😂😂.
It’s good to see your full picture and I will say you sure looks good.😌 your sister is the sister of the year because she did a great thing taking you out and it’s obvious you have a lot of fun.
Haha thanks for the nice words. My sister really did great taking me out and we sure had fun. Just wished we didn’t lose our appetite because there were so many options to eat from but no appetite.
I probably will take her out on her birthday too but to a different place.
Just in case you want to know I have screenshot a picture of you 😂😂
Your sister looks so much like you, if I didn’t know you, I would say you guys are twins
People don’t seem to learn. I don’t know what will come over me that I will decide to put my phone in water😂😂😂
These pictures are too good!!
You would have already done it before you come back to your senses.😂😂
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Man! Hehe! You obviously had fun! Real fun! Damn! When was the last time I did this?
Hehe. You look high in one of the images
Lol I didn’t know what facial expression to wear in the picture you say I looked high in. There were so many people watching I became uncomfortable and this is my uncomfortable look. No expression at all.😂
It was a beautiful day. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thanks for passing by momma:)