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a stark warning…DO NOT TRAVEL BETWEEN CITIES AT NIGHT!
http://iamaghanaian.com/index.php?do=%2Fnews%2Faccra-kumasi-highway-accident-20-dead%2F
We NEVER travel after dark in Ghana unless it is local within a few miles of where we stay. The roads/traffic is bad enough during the day let alone at night in the dark. Always stay in a hotel in Accra when we arrive at night from UK and travel to Western Region the next morning in daylight. Sad to see so many have lost their lives in this accident.
Hope you share this great projection for GHANA TOURISM in 2012
http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2011/10/29/ghana-listed-6th-among-world%E2%80%99s-top-ten-tourism-destinations-in-2012/
We’ve just returned from a 2 week tour of Ghana and must say their tourism industry is very basic at best. The locals have a long way to go to learn how to deal with tourists. A restaurant in Bolgatanga was the worst experience we had – food ordered for 5 people, waitress totally ignoring us, having to ask for drinks several times, BUT the locals coming in got a smile, friendly chat and food served right away while we waited over an hour for food. What we ordered was the same thing being served quickly to locals. Air-con that didn’t work, hotels with no sheets on the bed or towels, it was a real eye-opening experience. By all means go to Ghana if you are prepared to really rough it, their tourism infrastructure leaves much to be desired.
Hi Philip
I would like to make you are your readers aware that we are now offering internal flights to some new locations around Ghana. We now fly from Accra to Kumasi, Takoradi, Tamale and Sunyani. All flights are at a low cost and we work very hard to provide a fantastic service and have an exceptional safety record.
Please take a look at the website:http://fly540africa.com/
It would be fantastic if you could write a short post about this as i am sure that it would be of interest to most of your readers on this blog.
And all the school children at our mission link in Essikadu get very excited when they see the planes leaving from Takoradi to wherever they are going!
Hi Linda
Lovely to hear that – I will ask the captain to give them a wave from the cockpit next time – what is the name of your mission link?
Hi Joel, We have a mission link with St. Mark’s Anglican Church and school in Essikadu. They have a big complex on Essikadu Road with the church, mission house, primary school, junior high school and a nursery/creche with a walled in playground. Our church helped them build the nursery school which was opened in 2008.