Looking back

And then it changed

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July 13th 2006
A trek not to be done in one day, of course. With our slow pace of staying a long time in places we like - it took us a well spent fortnight. At first we passed the resort-clad beach at Busua again, then the charming town of Dixcove. A small town with a cramped harbour of brightly painted boats with innumerable amounts of colourful flags and streamers flickering in ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Volta

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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