Elmina Beach Resort Cape Coast

... the 'Door of No Return' as well. After the tour we headed back to the hotel, and then proceeded k to Oasis beach resort in Cape Coast to sit on the beach and watch a traditional drumming/dancing performance. I also went swimming in the dark with a couple ...

... by Obama the city boasts beautiful beaches and an abundance of Akwaaba (welcome) Obama signs.  Our gorgeous beach resort paid for by NYU was in neighboring Elmina (meaning the mine in portuguese who were impressed by the amount of gold here).  We ...

...   We've moved into Elmina.  Lisa and I are staying at the Almond Tree Guesthouse which is right next to the Elmina Beach Resort (where Melissa is staying).  We don't have A/C, but a lovely corner room with a nice ceiling fan, and a little ...

... day. Since we're leaving tomorrow we don't bother. So - if you are trying to decide between the two hotels, take the Elmina Beach Resort! The same gentleman insists on getting us a better ride than what we arrived in. He calls for a private car and driver ...

... it also traded slaves for 400 years even when it was taken over by the Dutch. It was different but similar to Cape Coast Castle and again definitely worth seeing. It was also right next to a really bustling and colourful fishing village which was worth ...

... morning.... Sunday morning we hit the road @ 7am for a little sightseeing; headed west to the Kokum Rain Forest, Cape Coast & Elmina Castles. the road is bumpy, non-existent in some places, lined pineapple stands, random goats & pigs wander aimlessly, ...

... look at their pristine pool, and photos of locals pulling nets in through the surf. Then head off to Cape Coast, where they drop us right at the Oasis Beach Hotel, where we take more photos, say our farewells to John and Helen, and get back to reality ...

... actually get work done is a whole other issue!  We haven't had internet access since last Sunday - even at the nice Elmina Beach Resort where Melissa was staying, the internet has been out the whole time.  After a couple days we tried an ...

... happy to leave. It was a long walk back and we were really hot so we decided to pay the 4 cedis (about 3 dollars) to use the Elmina Beach Resort pool. The resort is a two minute walk from the house. Unfortunately for us, the pool water was warm ...

... danced with some local teenage boys in a make shift club that is part of Sea Top, and finally we made our way to the Elmina Beach Resort Club. I was able to sneak in because I was wearing pants that hid my flip flops, but the other girls got stopped at ...

... , according to our guide, was moved to ears- very easy to see why. We were really enjoying the ocean-front location of the Oasis Beach Resort so we decided to extend our stay here by one night- it meant that would we would miss Accra but everyone we had ...

... it down to a much more reasonable price (we had to change taxi drivers first…:P). We pretty much went to Elmina for the castle, although there was a fabled beach resort (not that we found it) with a beach. How I longed for a beach! The history of ...

... 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 ...

... . Photos cant reveal the poor conditions only a visit can let people experience it for themselves. From Elmina our home for the night was nearby Brenu beach resort. This place is about to be swallowed by the sea. Erosion has started to encroach on the now ...

... will be blown away.) Anyhow it was a nice excursion into the rainforest. We followed it up with a trip to Elmina, a fishing village not far from Cape Coast, where the oldest building standing south of the Sahara is -- the St. George's Castle, a place ...

... I plan on traveling to Krobo for the night where a Peace Corp volunteer is helping women make jewelery -  I guess they have an incredible bead market so Jane (a new volunteer) and I will check it out and come back to Cape Coast on Thursday. ...

... store and made sure to take a million photos of us with him in front of all of his cars. He kindly offered to take us to Cape Coast and aside from a number of gasps from Mom and Dad's concerned face look, we made it in one piece just in time for Eli's ...

... 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 ...

... some of the top tourist destinations in the country, beginning with the slave castles on the coast. We visited both Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle, which were both major hubs for the slave trade. The guides walked us through dungeons and holds ...