Canon view at Cape Coast

Ghana - January 2011

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January 6th 2011
After a long drive and countless games of ‘500’ (including, Bunny has to mention, her win on a ’10 of Diamonds’ call yeehaa!) our entry into Ghana was the quickest and easiest yet. They even had a duty free shop... well a shipping container stacked with cheap booze – but it was very cheap! We camped not far into Ghana in a burnt out area just off the main road, the ash all over the groun ... read more

Africa » Ghana

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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