Accra Stories


November 1st

Okay so i have not loaded up any pics yet, sorry am in Ghanaian time now so everything takes time ! For those of you who have looked at my journal and are thinking about travelling out to Ghana, i would thoroughly recommend it ! The country i have experienced so far is safe and friendly although you do have to be aware of what is going on around you....


Barefoot in the City

Dabi dabi boko! What a monumental farewell to Ghana today was! But let us backtrack small small first. We did indeed make it Captain Hook's for lunch, Black Star for some surf, and African Rainbow for one last hurrah. The meatloaf was of some funky, German variety but the surf (I stood up on my first wave!) was great, if not a bit choppy, and Afri...


Al Franken, the Beach, and Other Points of Interest

Some of my more ardent readers will note that I've taken an extended hiatus since my last post of any substance. That, among other things, can be attributed to general laziness, but more precisely because I've been staying in a village that's an hour plus drive from an internet cafe! But many things have happened since Kumasi so I felt compelled to summ...


Here today, here tomorrow, but gone the day after that

It’s a wonder Accra’s citizens don’t suffocate on her unremitting blanket of dust and heat. Unlike the cool, crisp nights in Maase, warranting of a sleeping bag, those in Accra sleep stripped to their skivvies and, the lucky ones, pounded by a fan. Let’s just say that Ken has been less hospitable of late, increasing our desire to start the trip already!...