It seems ages ago that I was in Ghana, having been to Dubai for stint and now India, but in reality it was just a few days ago. So Ghana. In the guidebook it is described as the gold coast and boasts citizens known for their "friendliness and hospitality." I imagine that might be true in some parts of the country. Maybe the parts where tourists don't go. Our experience of Ghana, compared to the other countries we had come from, was that it was absolutely the most racist, hostile, dishonest, overpriced, tourist leeching and often downright rude place we had been. Within four hours of being in the country we experienced more instances of hositlity and racism than we had in the previous two months...without even meeting us at all, we would just be walking
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