Elmina Bay Resort
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Elmina Bay Days
A driver has taken me the 200 miles down the coast on a surprisingly well-made main road.
Reaching Elmina, and passing through what some might call its chaotic shambles (and others might call its bustling enterprise), on we go, a mile outside the town on the Takoradi road, then down a red laterite track. The track leads past a high school …
First Day
Reading day by the blue pool.
The best book on the history of Elmina seems to be one by a writer called Ato Ashun. I'm not sure it’s the best researched history (he writes "hundreds of millions of Africans were taken in the transatlantic slave trade" – whereas most estimates, which are still shocking of course, are that ten …
Awaaba (welcome)
Who knows about Ghana? Not I... this is the only the second time I have been in sub-Saharan Africa, and the first was in Ethiopia, a very different country I suspect.
All the reports from Ghanaians tell me though that it is prosperous, friendly and peaceful. There is self-confidence here, they tell me, not just because of the advanced …
Suzi & Ben
For lots of reasons, my sister Suzi and I have only met up rarely in the last years. What's more, she left England when her Ghanaian husband Ben wanted to return to the land of his birth and she decided to go too. But Ben and she had a secret vision - to build a dream hotel. And Elmina Bay Resort is it – and why I chose to come visit here …
Cape Coast considerations
I've been talking with a Polish couple staying here who make it a rule to visit two new countries a year. They do it the backpacker way, using local buses to get around. I admire that, but personally I just hire a driver+car; I guess the allure of humping stuff around is not what it was, and hiring a driver even to go hundreds of miles is still …
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TravelPod Member ReviewsElmina Bay Resort
“Good, American-style Hotel”
Reviewed Mar 5, 2013
I've stayed at the Elmina Bay three times on various trips, and have always been well pleased. The owner and his wife are friendly and helpful, and their buildings are new and well maintained. The restaurant is decent, and has a variety of native and international foods. It is a good deal for the price!
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
“ Competition for Coconut Grove Beach Resort”
Reviewed Jun 4, 2012
Larger and more open and brighter rooms.
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