Accra Airport

... Wli Falls, the highest in West Africa and Tafi Atome, a monkey sanctuary. After dropping most of the group at the Accra airport my sister and I traveled to Northern Ghana and spent days in Mole National Park, doing walking safaris (coming metres from ...

... ' gets you from A to B overland by means of a 16 tonne Mercedes Benz truck.  Are we ready for this?   I was met at Accra airport at midnight by Felicia, the cousin of a work colleague.  I was so relieved she was there as I was very tired, ...

... Had lunch at a really nice hotel near Bonwire and then drove and drove until around 8pm when we finally got back to the Airport View hotel! Tomorrow, I'll be going to the National Museum, the Arts Centre, the Mausoleum, and the Arch commerating Ghana's ...

Greetings from Accra's Kotoka International Airport! It’s 7:53 p.m. I am sitting in a restaurant on the second floor of the terminal, spending my last few cedis on a snack of three eggrolls and a bottle of Coke. I’m killing time until checking ...

... I had not spotted any exchange office in the airport building. It was fine with the cabbie and so we left the airport. It soon turned out that Accra was choking under heavy traffic jams, just as so many capitals around the world are. I had no idea how ...

It is already dark by the time we begin our descent into Kotoka Airport.  At 6.45pm the fleeting tropical twilight has already been and gone.  From my aisle seat I try to look past my neighbours and catch a glimpse of the city ...

... of two meeting points on the trip from Dover to Douala where passengers could join or leave the tour, was not far from the airport in the relatively upscale Osu neighborhood, an area full of nice shops, restaurants, and businesses that cater to expats and ...

... meals were delicious and the people were very friendly.      At last I arrived in Accra! As usual I was the last to leave from the airport, one local woman pretended to cut off my beard with scissors! Lol. I was then approached by ...

... or chili. It is really very good. It was so nice to get to see Daniel again. He tells us he is going to try to see us off at the airport and he's hoping to have his daughter Esther with him. We say we hope to see him again too and sadly say our good ...

... the “boot” like in England). It took almost 4 hours to reach my destination, the Shangri-La hotel near the airport in Accra. As we started this day’s trip, we negotiated a price for him to take me to the Togolese border the next day. ...

... people moving about with massive shopping bags, neon lights displaying famous brands; Gucci, Hugo Boss, Sony and many more. The airport sells pretty much anything that you heart desires. But the most common products are gold and electronics. I wouldn't ...

... the Parises and Londons of this world. The luggage trolley bars were digging into my buttocks, so I walked around the airport souvenir shops wondering where I could get an African carved elephant polished with shoe polish that stains your hands for ...

... end. Ah also, the camera broke, so there are no pics from Bobo onwards.  We're hoping to buy a new camera at the airport when we fly to India, and will take pics on the mobile phone until then, but we can't post them.  After sortng out ...

... at ease because Achimota was outer Accra and I could finally let out a breath of relief. It looked like I would get to the airport on time, after all. Except that it wasn’t that simple. First off, there was again this impossible traffic jam which ...

... anywhere in the world, yet right outside the front door was typical Africa. Off to Champs again for tea, and then to the airport for my flight home... it was really sad to say goodbye to everyone, especially as I knew they'd be going to more ...

I finally made it to Accra through Frakfurt Germany!  Long but uneventful. Lisa picked me up with a driver at the airport - it's hot!!  I've been a ball of sweat since I arrived.  First night in Accra  - we had A/C at ...

... in West Africa and, surprise surprise, it's hot and humid! I arrived late last night and was fortunate enough to be met at the airport by a lovely taxi driver organized by the hostel I am staying at and when I got there they took one look at me and put ...

... so far. Saeed, the Ghanaian teacher at my school, is having his family take care of me. They picked me up at the airport and I have been staying with two of his sisters. Saturday, we went an hour north of Accra into the mountains to the botanical ...

... would be which is great! The flight was just fine, we did well with the layover at Heathrow.  When we arrived at the airport in Accra we met up with Justice, who is our program coordinator, and he took us all to the hostel on a university bus (air ...