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Cape Coast Slideshow
Cape Coast
Travel Blogs from Cape Coast, Ghana
LOOOOONG Weekend
... and we did not get to Cape Coast until 6pm when everything we had planned to do was closed (El Mina Castle, Kakum National Park, Cape Coast Castle, and the Monkey Sanctuary). So we decided to find a place to stay that was cheap and close, after taking a ...
a deserted beach
It was west from Accra to Cape Coast and then a deserted beach called Brenu a little further on. Well not totally deserted, there were a couple of other people staying at the camp ground and there were quite a few fishermen in the villages ...
Weekend Update
Hi hi. We thought while internet is availiable we would give a small update. Yesterday we went to Kakum national park. Did a canopy walk - go ape style platforms - 40m in the trees. Impressive. Then did a guided walk. Woop! Saw some large ...
Back by popular(?) demand!
... and one 20 minute rain shower. Leaving me with no choice but to don shorts and trainers and head out to persuade the youth of Ghana that rugby is in fact the sport to play. In other words I helped my fantastically named Dutch mate (Klaas Schmit Jongbloed) ...
Mar 20, 2009
Adventures in Ghana: Accra and Cape Coast
... the evening–even for Ghana. Either way, we eventually set out on our merrily little way. We finally arrived in Cape Coast, although I thought I might pass out from heat, and were excited to find a bed. Lucky for us, Nana decided ...
Cape Coast
A beautiful coast with an ugly history, this castle finally ended up in British control and served as a major base in the slave trade. The castle itself was quite grand and stately, ironic considering its function. The church rested above the ...
Civilisation hurrah!
... The town of Cape Coast was really nice. It was the original trading port of the gold industry and also the location of Cape Coast Castle which is where all the slaves were kept before deportation during the peak of the transatlantic slave trade. The ...
Holiday Promotion
Global Mamas has been approached by a fundraising website called Razoo. They are currently running a holiday promotion where they will match donations for NGO's up to $1000 through their website. Naturally, we've signed up HOWEVER the kicker is that any ...
Catch up
... last week I was ill, so didn't really go to work. But luckily the antibiotics cleared me up in time for a good weekend in Cape Coast- again lots of general merry making! On the subject of working, I decided this week to pretty much give up on the ...
Slaves had to embark on ships. It was here
... is definitely its participation in the slave trade. To testify about this, impressive castles standing proudly on the shore here in Cape Coast and Elmina. The slaves were abducted in villages, detained here and then sent to the Americas by the colonial ...
Youth Alive! gets on Coastal TV
... trafficking, which was organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). In attendance was a smattering of the who's-who of Cape Coast, from tribal chiefs to council members. The conference for the most part was interesting, though some of the ...
Random thoughts
... in countries. Here in Ghana it is Christianity and in Senegal it was Islam, which explains the lack of talibe kids here in Ghana... But religion plays a massive role in society way more than in the western world. It is so so vital to ...
Day 62 Happy Birthday Dad
Another lazy day but started with breakfast at 7am and truck clean at 7.30. I was lucky and got eskies and the bin which was OK since they'd been cleaned out at Christmas and weren’t too stinky. The boys who got pots and pans cleaned then in the ...
Odo before I do
... as Rosemary and Fred celebrated their engagement. Rosemary met Fred eight years ago while Fred was studying at the University of Cape Coast. They fell in love instantly and shortly after, Kelvin was born. After Fred graduated, he was offered a job ...
No complaints!
Day 112. Cape Coast, Ghana. Back in the land of e-mail. It's been a while since our last chat. But Ghana is proving the most frustrating country yet - there's very little to complain about! We know how much you enjoy our endless moans. ...Well, ...
Cape Coast
Cape Coast war das groesste Zentrum des Sklavenhandels in Westafrika, wovon heute noch das Cape Coast Castle und viele langsam zerfallende Häuser aus dieser Zeit zeugen. Das Castle steht auf einem Felsen direkt am Meer und es gibt neben einer sehr ...
Looooong Weekend Part 2. June 11-12th
... the rest of the trip and I paid them back when we got home. So we took the tour of Cape Coast Castle which was built by the British for the exportation of Afriican slaves. The tour was very sombre and made even more fitting ...
Address
... . My new address in case anyone wants to send some hard mail. Attn: Stephen Bediako Sakyi Adisadel College Post Office Box 83 Cape Coast, Ghana And have no fear, I now have a friend. I won't be lonely... :). His name is Alfred Hammond, and ...
Address
... . My new address in case anyone wants to send some hard mail. Attn: Stephen Bediako Sakyi Adisadel College Post Office Box 83 Cape Coast, Ghana And have no fear, I now have a friend. I won't be lonely... :). His name is Alfred Hammond, and ...
Kellog Oburoni-o's
... Quick shout out to Mom Dad and Christie for the excellent care package full of candy and granola bars. Saving my life. We headed to Cape Coast this weekend, which is about 3 hour (tro-tro, crammed,hot, ass falling asleep, knees at your chest, but 3 dollar ...
west, not east
... And that left only 5 with the truck as 5 others had headed off the day before Xmas and had gone onto Togo; mainly due to their Ghana visas expiring but also because they didnt want to be at a beach for the next 10 days. And my decision was made easier as ...
Hippying it up
... off sooooo disgusting!! Along the coast, there are palm trees and numerous forts as well as the main castles that I mentioned before (Cape Coast, Elmina, and there is one in Accra too). The forts were used as shipping and trading places in the past, for ...
The Great Robbery
... trade. Taking the guided tour and seeing where slaves were held and hearing about how they were treated was a very stirring experience. In Cape Coast we intended to stay at a place right on the beach, but there were no spots left. Luckily we met this ...
So...the first week
... and actually landed ahead of schedule- (better than the real Virgin). I was met at the airport and pretty much came straight to Cape Coast- where I'll be spending the next 2 months. The heat and humidity is back, after the relative comfort of Senegal,- so ...
Day 3.. Travelling
... tro station. We took a tro from Koforidua to Accra and found a coach bus with air conditioning that would take us to Cape Coast. It costed 7 ceidi each. The traffic was crazy we sat in traffic for an hour without moving. It took ...
From Ankaful Prison to the Canadian Embassy
... into sectarian gang violence. However, one big problem in these prisons is the spread of HIV/AIDS. Because homosexuality is illegal in Ghana very few people want to discuss the issue of AIDS in prisons, for fear that they may appear to support that ...
I have to pee
... just took in a couple of bottles. At my first place, which was in the middle of the ghetto I assume, I wander a lot, I was welcomed to Ghana by a man about 20 times. He was very nice and went out to buy his kid some food and bought some beer too. Anyways, ...