Shangri la Accra

Have you found paradise? I have. Kind of. This blog is as much about staying put in one place, as it is about travel around south-west China's Tibetan borderlands of Yunnan. I first traveled to south-west China more than 12 years ago, set up a ...

... (here it's called 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 ...

... ;ve known Frank for 6 years, and it was good to be able to talk so long. It feels so nice to be back at the Hotel Shangri-la.  I’ve been through here so many times over the last six years that it almost feels like a home-away-from-home!  ...

... rally want anything else but if a good deal comes along we will take it. By now it is dark so we decide to go to the Shangri-La for supper. The Ghana book says that it has Chinese, Western, Ghanaian and good pizza. It turns out it is only Chinese; so ...

... out to the taxi within less than half an hour.  The pastors who will also serve as trustees must come in to Accra to give their residential information and sign the forms sometime next week.  At that point the process should be complete.  ...

... and go home.  I had one last meeting this morning with a young man who is originally from the Elmina congregation, but presently lives in Accra.  We talked over an hour and then he had to go on with his day.   As I mentioned in the blog ...

... to find similarities between us like films and tv we liked! he then was tlkin bout how he had spent the day sunbathin at shangri-la..............yes holy crap he was at the pool and lyin close by and wen he realised this he also remembered the top over ...

... great weekend here on the Gulf of Guinea! I participated in both ends of Ghanaian culture this weekend. Friday we visited the Hotel Shangri-La -a very upmarket place with a palm tree lined pool with a swim up bar. We tried to pass ourselves off as ...

... of the century this weekend 2moro i am bein picked up and taken to the church for the actual ceremony then drinks at the shangri-la after and on sun im goin with armenique to Ningo to prepare and get everything ready for the party which starts at 12 and ...

... till she was convinv\ced it was time to go home! other then tht on wed nite i went wit gordopn to have dinner at shangri-la and watch footbal not tht i watched i just didnt feel like cooking! and then this weekend slept alot and watched films as was ...

... Poolbesuch an. Latent verkatert die Einen, unmotiviert faul die Anderen, zogen wir unsere Badesachen an und fuhren zum Shangri L''. Der Pool des recht luxuriösen Hotels besticht zwar nicht unbedingt durch seine lupenreine Sauberkeit, ist aber eigentlich ...

Got here last night. Got to go to the border this morning will update when i get settled in ...

... sending explorers, as part of their colonization of Africa . . . North Africa: Chinese Explorers Begin Sahara Tour in Accra 3 April 2009 Ghana will be the starting point of an 88-day expedition by the Yunnan Committee of the Chinese ...

... So we gathered up a group of ISHers to join us and Jon and I headed out on the mo-ped. We went to Shangri-La which is a hotel/resort in Accra. The front of the building looks more like a motel. The inside is beautiful with a total Africa feel, but once ...

... Since I had to be in Accra yesterday for a meeting at the Registrar General's office, I spent the night at the Hotel Shangri-la, my normal "haunt" while in Accra.  But that meant I had to make the trip up to Oda and back today since my flight leaves ...

... very first night they arrived, Stan and Denise, were so kind to treat us to a night's stay at the Shangri-La, one of the more up-scale hotels in Accra. Although, they didn't have much choice in the matter, we had made the reservations there because of the ...

... delivers the cold blast of air requisite of a good product but also the fantasy of ancient Grecian boyhood, that homoerotic Shangri-la where strapping lads tumble together naked in sport, amiable in spirit...where flowing vanilla ice cream refreshes the ...