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- Accra
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- 19,894,014
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Accra
Travel Blogs from Accra, Ghana
You are what you eat
... started to show up after midnight and at one point there were probably 200 people there. There's quite a network of Abruni's in Accra and I guess when there's a party, word spreads fast and people just show up. A new volunteer, Maxine arrived ...
sick and a comment on water
... night here I usually just sit back and read or hang out with the other people in my program. Tonight our student advisor from Ghana, Gabby, is bringing over his computer with the movie 'heavyweights' on it and we're watching that. I'm super excited! ...
Endlich angekommen
... einen Haufen sehr gut ausgestatteter Supermaerkte. Zwar bin ich hier in der Hauptstadt und kann kaum erwarten, anderswo in Ghana einen solchen Standard anzutreffen, aber verglichen mit Banjul und Freetown ist Accra den anderen Hauptstaedten in der Region ...
marriage proposals and car crashs.
Yesterday was the last day of my orientation over here in Ghana so they took us around the city of Accra so we could know where we could go and such. As if my whiteness and the massive orientation group I was always sheparded around in wasn’t ...
Day 13: The Murder Village
... be well received. What ensued was therefore predictable, though highly unusual for an essentially law abiding country like Ghana. An unmarked police car arrived in the village sometime after midnight. Inside were five uniformed policemen. ...
A chilled out weekend at Big Milly's
Hi everyone, I am in Accra, Ghana- What an awesome country. Very similar to Kenya, way hotter and set alongside the warm gold coast. I arrived a day earlier because it is impossible to find an ATM that takes South African mastercard in Togo. I was ...
Italy to Ghana with a quick pit stop at home
... UK to sort out visas and luggage, and then off to Italy - phew! I wasn't really nervous about going to Ghana. Just cautious about warnings of all the diseases I could get (malaria, rabies...) and man eating hippos! With my immune system backed ...
its wednesday!
well its already wed...been with reception classes all day as no lessons till activities with form 4 at 4! i feel i need to update evry1 on the food i have been tryin on mon i came in to staff room for lunch to find tht viviane head of one of the ...
Ghana (hearts) Haiti :)
... given in English, but due to the over-amplification more than the dialect, I didn't catch much...Darren mentioned that that's the Ghana way with any audio presentation - LOUD to the point of distortion. Ouch. Back to the residence, then off to the ...
The World Cup effect
... through. I am writing this entry on a bus from Dodowa to Cape Coast, a coastal town to the west of the Accra in Ghana. The person next to me is reading a newspaper interview with the CEO of supersport about the world cup and every 20 seconds ...
digital camera's extract the laughter from people.
... morning. (oh yes, the placenta made it into the picture) it was definitely one of the best days overall I think that I have had in Ghana. I am not quite sure why, I guess just getting to spend time with a bunch of people and make them all happy, who ...
volta region trip itenerary
... AUG 29 : CONQUER AFADJATO & RELAX AT WLI WATER FALLS 6.00AM : We depart for Gbledi Gborgame to conquer Afadjato, Ghana's highest mountain ( 2905ft). Return to hotel for breakfast. Depart hotel for Wli waterfalls. The 45 minutes hike takes you through ...
Tema, June 21, 2009 – Sunday
... after the noon. Tema itself is another town on the Atlantic Ocean coast, and isn’t exactly the prime tourist destination in Ghana, particularly not for a first-time visitor. But I followed what I believed was a hunch and decided not to travel too ...
Fussball auf afrikanisch, die Zweite
... Volontaeren aus Accra, die ich am Wochenende in Kokrobite kennengelernt habe, zum Freundschaftsspiel zwischen Ghana und Tunesien ins frisch rennovierte Stadion in Accra. Spielerisch war es wie die Partie in Marokko eher zweiklassig, auch wenn beide ...
Weekend 2 - First time to Accra
... , jewellery) shopping. Market Mania: The majority of Saturday morning was spent shopping near Makola Market in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, for clothes suitable for the second wedding. The difficulty I found was that there is SO ...
Ghanareia
... guy comes up to me while we're waiting outside the bank, fist bumps me and says "Obammmaaaa" (I think Obama's grandpa is from Ghana or something). So I'm like yeahhh Obama…and then he grabs my arm and puts on this rasta sweatband that says Bob ...
Accra, Ghana
... ghana hats, shirts, flags. Every 5th car has a Ghana flag on it somewhere. I bought a SIM card today. I received a free Ghana hat that I will wear proudly tomorrow. Every time someone finds out I am from America, they do not hesitate in reminding me that ...
Arrival - acclimatisation and malaria prevention
Arrived late last night, so checked into an expensive hotel near the airport just to be safe. Next day I moved to a place for US$10 per night at the Korkdam hotel- the room was a bit dingy, but it was a fairly quiet place two doors away from the Burkina ...
VOLTA day 4
DAY 4 MON AUG 31 ; HO - ACCRA 8.00AM; Depart for PAGBO Kente village to learn kente weaving. Continue to a batik, tye dye maker to make your own batik and keep as a souvenir. 2.00PM : We depart Ho for ...
Vision Quest
... Ghanaian brew while watching all the street activity. This would be a good time to talk about the street activity... Here in Accra the streets are bustling with people and their goods. Women carry baskets or buckets, or even barrels on their heads ...
Could Accra be the best city in Africa....?
... Kigali, Windhoek or Gaborone... but that is pushing it... and i’ve written before about my views on Lusaka. In Accra, Ghana.. There are toll roads that work and add value; it is a well planned city with different business nodes, a styling ...
hello. hello? ackwaaba my friends.
So there is this lady that is quickly becoming one of my favorite Ghanaians. Almost every night I have been eating dinner at this place called the Night Market (its only a few blocks away from my hostel). The night market is just a bunch of little huts ...
Frequently Asked Questions about living in Ghana
... as a baby-carrier tied on the mother's back. Most commonly, you will see a combination of traditional dress with obruni waywoo. So in Ghana fashion is what you make of it, anything goes! Q: What is the weather like? A: There are 2 seasons - wet ...
Accra, June 27, 2009 – Saturday
... all of two hours late on departure, so even if I had been late indeed, I still wouldn’t have been really late. But in spite of all that, I decided that next time I am in Ghana, I’d be in Accra the night before. That would always be a safer ...
May 3 - 5 ...
... some time in the internet cafe - the nearest one is called G-Spot (lol). Walked along the main road. Immediate impression of Accra ... dusty! I mean MAJOR ... there is a layer of dust (earth) everywhere and you are always covered in it as you move ...
Car accidents. Flies & Coffins!
... with me! The past 2 days we've been at the SYTO office learning about the culture, language, history, transport, food, social rules of ghana! and today we had a special treat, and they took us to the beach! I've got a tan coming on already WOOHOOOO! and ...
wedding #2
i went to a wedding today on campus at Legon Anglican church with my roommate, elizabeth. the bride's parents go to the church. the bride is ghanaian but has been studying in the US where she met her husband, a white british guy. the wedding ...
First working week in Ghana
Ghana Week One - Lots to Learn! My Blue Skies itinerary: Before I arrived in Ghana, I had been sent a very impressive and comprehensive itinerary by Stephan Morris, the Group Technical Manager covering my entire six week placement. Every day ...