Blogs from Cape Coast, Central, Ghana, Africa - page 9

Before I left for Ghana, one of my professors at Stanford told me that I HAD to visit the canopy walk at Kakum National Park (near Cape Coast) while I was here. So, with just a little over a week left and without any other Obrunis to go with (Zach left last week after getting malaria), I packed my bags and went to Cape Coast on Friday night with Davis, the guard from CDD. The trip there was relatively uneventful but, just as we were nearing Cape Coast, Davis turned to me for some money and I realized that he expected me to pay for his entire trip (ie he had NO money on him). In retrospect, I guess that was fair, considering that he was serving as my personal translator and guide for two days, ... read more

Heya! Just wanted to let you all know that I made it to the coast of Ghana with no complications and I'm having a great time. The beach is amazing!!! More later, but Mom, I know you're worrying so just to let you know I'm fine. Love you! xoxo -Brownie... read more

Green Turtle Lodge is an amazing place to spend a relaxing weekend. Last Saturday and Sunday I spent lying on the beach in front of the ecolodge. It's about a 6 hour journey from Accra, which is quite acceptable for the end result. We caught an STC bus from Accra to Takoradi. Then from Takoradi we took tros through Agona junction and down to the Lodge, which is very close to the small town of Akwidaa. It was great just to spend a couple of days with nothing else to do but lay on the beach, swim in the waves and eat good food. There are day tours out of Green Turtle, however, the better ones tend to be quite expensive. For example, a tour of a village that is built on stilts above a river ... read more

The day of arrival was a great day - as was the day of departure. About the one and a half months spent inbetween, many different things can be told. And so I will tell you now. Leaving the squint-eyed borderpolice and his crony behind, the countryside turned cultivated, dotted with quaint small mudhouses and the sun was all smiling. So were the villagers we met as we trekked from the Black Volta River to the main highway between Lawra and Wa. We didn’t wait for long until a vehicle stopped. An expensive 4-wheel-drive with governmental officials picked us up, as they were on a mission collecting data on road-kills throughout the country. All explained to me in English - if a bit broken - still something I’d craved during the preceding six weeks of francophone ... read more

I'm back in Ghana for a couple of days, so I've been staying up all day to go explore the city of Cape Coast a few hours away from where my boat is docked. Most of my fellow workers decided to forgo the exploring and adventuring in favour of all day boozing. Now normally I'd go join them, but it is not often I get to wander around Ghana. So I hailed my taxi driver from last entry and we took off down the highway at blistering speeds that had me wondering if he was not a professional race car driver at one point in time. At first it was raining hard as we approached Cape Coast, a downpour of epic proportions soaking everything and everyone. I sent a few curses towards the sky and like ... read more