Akwidaa, Ghana Travel Blogs

Peace on the Beaches of Ghana

A travel blog entry by wanderingwaltz

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... . Never before, in all of our combined travels, have we found such an untouched beach. We are near the village of Akwidaa which sits on a sandy beach lined with coconut-bearing palm trees. A mangrove forest lines the back side of the village, ...

No worries

A travel blog entry by chris_sayward

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... you Yoopers! TODTWD TODTWD is "Take Our Daughter to Work Day". It's a program that Peace Corps Volunteers in Ghana do to encourage girls to continue their education past primary school, avoid getting pregnant, and above all, to DREAM! There ...

Hard at work

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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It has been a few days since I have had a pen. We have had a fairly busy week, at least compared to last week. We are currently evaluating the night hike guides. There are two of them (and we love both of them) so we went on mock tours with them, then on ...

Volunteering

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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Today we had our parade in Akwidaa village. For all the reminding we did yesterday it seems to have been pointless. Nobody was prepared! We went to the junior secondary school beforehand to help them make signs for the parade but all we had was ...

My last few days at Green Turtle

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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I knew I would regret writing about how my skin was so African now in that last entry. That very day I had put on sunscreen and sat in the shade all day, never once in the sun, and still burned. We figured it was because of these antibiotics I took the ...

Another day in paradise

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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I woke at 4am for the first light turtle watch. The sky was still very dark with no moon and few stars to brighten it. Emmanuel and I had to wake Annette as her alarm didn't go off. She sleeps in the dorm so I hesitated near the door, then decided to ...

Back to work

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

... I think that would be misleading. Anyway, our day in town was pretty uneventful until the ride back. The tro tro from Agona to Akwidaa sat for at least an hour waiting to fill up before leaving the station. Then it was so over-packed we were skeptical it ...

One last day on my beach

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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Today is my last full day at the lodge. I could really use a few more weeks here. I had a good night hanging out with the guests and chatting up Ansah last night. I'm going to miss his strange conversations. I went on the night hike with Emmanuel and ...

Big adventures and fighting boredom

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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... slightly off-white around the ever increasing freckles. Victor, our project mentor, commented one day on how I have grown accustomed to Ghana's weather. I noticed too that I seem to sweat less (though I am still sweating a lot) and I don't find the heat ...

Paradise

A travel blog entry by phileasfarx

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... uncertainties into crystal clarity. This place does exist. You can find it on the shores around the village of Akwidaa. A young English couple came here seven years ago and created their own little piece of paradise called the Green Turtle ...

Volunteering

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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... up in a sweat and then have to shuffle around and try to cool down before sleeping again. After breakfast we walked to Akwidaa village, about 25 minutes walk up the beach, where we visited three schools. We talked to the head teachers about the parade ...

Akwidaa

A travel blog entry by bronwen

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... over the last couple of weeks as we have become more involved in the local community around the Takoradi/Dixcove area of the Ghana coast. After a very enjoyable trip to Beyin to see one of the old colonial era slave/trading forts that dot the coast here ...

On to paradise

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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Last night Tom left me with the first batch of arrivals from the airport at a really good restaurant in Accra, called Venus. Everyone seemed to think I was the expert as I had the most Ghanaian experience in the group, having been there one entire day. ...

Storms and rumours

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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... phone and no money we got back on a tro to Agona. Unfortunately when we got there we were the only two people waiting for the Akwidaa tro. An hour later it was still just us and it was incredibly hot so we got out to walk around the markets. As we were ...

Volunteering

A travel blog entry by travelingdiva

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Today we painted sign boards for the village entrance. "Welcome to Akwidaa Traditional Area" on the main sign, and then a sign below that listing the ecotours you can do here, including turtle conservation, canoe trips through the mangroves, and ...

de stad, het meer en het paradijselijke strand

A travel blog entry by nikenkatrien

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... Green Turtle Lodge. Een lodge gestart door Britse overlanders, die heel wat projecten heeft lopen voor de ontwikkeling van Akwidaa en de bescherming van de met uitsterven bedreigde zeeschildpad. We leren er Bridget en Chris kennen en Frances en Tom, ...

When humidity is similar in and out of the sea...

A travel blog entry by sachago

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... one thing: the day at the beach was great fun! It was mainly spent in the water trying to catch the big waves of Akwidaa that lift you like a feather, carry you over 15 meters, and let you then crash disgracefully almost on the beach! Please Lonely ...

Van Togo terug naar Ghana, halverwege de reis

A travel blog entry by nikenkatrien

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... weken en hadden wel drie keer platte band, niet echt een positief teken. Na een weekje in Togo zijn we de grens naar Ghana terug over gegaan. We bleven een nachtje in Prampram, iets ten oosten van Accra. Prampram is een vakantieoord voor de rijken van ...

Eco-Lodge, Picturesque beach and Och Tamale

A travel blog entry by sherrypace

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... , primarily put on for the benefit of the tourist in the area it was a wonderful evening. There is a local Rasta-man in Akwidaa that organizes the cultural performances. It was fun to join in on the dancing and enjoy the magical rhythm of the drumming. ...

Ode to Green Turtle

A travel blog entry by thomas.philpott

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... Joy/Green Turtle The 'road' towards Green Turtle is...comic. It's possibly the worst one in the world, certainly in Ghana. Ok, I exagerate a bit but it's pretty terrible. The tro towards the lodge gets comically overloaded, generally around 19-20 people ...

Het grote donkere woud & de lokroep van de oceaan

A travel blog entry by nikenkatrien

... zoogdieren. Voor ons iets wat we moeten gezien hebben. Op 16 januari nemen we dan ook afscheid van de Green Turtle Lodge in Akwidaa om een bezoek te brengen aan het woud. We brengen de nacht door aan het bezoekerscentrum vlak bij de ingang, omdat we ...

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Peace on the Beaches of Ghana

No worries

Hard at work

Volunteering

My last few days at Green Turtle

Another day in paradise

Back to work

One last day on my beach

Big adventures and fighting boredom

Paradise

Volunteering

Akwidaa

On to paradise

Storms and rumours

Volunteering

de stad, het meer en het paradijselijke strand

When humidity is similar in and out of the sea...

Van Togo terug naar Ghana, halverwege de reis

Eco-Lodge, Picturesque beach and Och Tamale

Ode to Green Turtle

Het grote donkere woud & de lokroep van de oceaan