Top 10 Tips for Visiting Ghana
I spent two and a half weeks in Ghana with my girlfriend who studied abroad there while in College. We visited both the Northern and the Southern parts of the country. We stayed in hotels, hostels, guest houses and even stayed with a local friend. I ate all kinds of food and met so many…
Akwaba Obruni: Photos from Accra and Cape Coast Areas
Our first day in Ghana we went to the University of Ghana in Legon, Accra. Alena studied there for a semester in college about 6 years ago. We even went back to her old dorm and ate a snack at one of her favorite campus spots. After walking around campus in the blazing sun, we…
Highway to Hell: Ghana Style
When we planned our time in Ghana we left a few days open as a buffer in case something happened or if there was some place we wanted to visit. At the last minute we decided to use those days to make a trip to Cape Coast to see Kakum National Park and the Cape…
Tro Tro From Mole to Tamale – Guest Post
By Alena L. Nelson Alan and I successfully made the journey from Mole, with a stop at the Mosque in Larabanga, to Tamale. We took a taxi to Damongo and then after some waiting in the afternoon heat we departed for Tamale on a tro tro. Any journey by tro tro is always a cultural…
Ghana – Northern Region + Mole National Park
We again awoke early for another travel day to fly from Accra, Ghana to Tamale Ghana, and then a 3 hour drive to Mole National Park. We originally booked a flight on StarBow Airlines, but one of their planes crashed and they have suspended all flights. So we had to take African World Airlines, which…