The Compound

Ghana

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January 12th 2006
Welcome to Ghana! We have made it! After an exhausting 21 plus hours of near sleepless travel we arrived in the tropical heat of Africa. We made out way through customs without problems and were in the good hands of Kirt and Hilda in no time! Before we knew it we were sipping minerals (soda) out on the padio of our hotel in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Our first breakfast was eggs, ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Volta » Woe

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more