Thanks to Nitharshan Srikanthapalan for the wonderfully detailed report below: Here’s some info from the trip I’ve just had in Ghana (1st – 27th March). Mainly involving prices although I think others have already provided a bit of an update on that front anyway… FYI I rated each hotel out of 7 (likeart scale) so [...]
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Detailed accommodation and trip report
Posted: April 10, 2012 in Ada, Akosombo, Banks & forex, Busua & surrounds, Elmina, Ho, Hohoe, Kumasi, Mole NP & Larabanga, Tafi Atome, Techiman, Transport, Wli0
If thinking about heading to Tsatsudo Falls in the Volta Region for the swimming possibilities you may be be disappointed. When we visited, the waterfall was way too powerful and the pool is too rough to swim in. The guide book says that you pay the village chief C4.5 or C3.5 for volunteers but this [...]
Stefan’s updates
Posted: March 6, 2011 in Accra, Ada, Besease, Cape Coast, Ho, Kakum National Park, Keta, Kumasi, Lake Bosumtwi, Mole NP & Larabanga, TamaleACCRA. Rising Phoenix is great value but you have to like rastafari culture (they are constantly hanging around there). Fort Ussher: worth seeing, but in a bad state of repair – ask the guard which parts to enter, some are close to structural collapse. Beaches: forget about it, also at Labadi Beach Hotel. The water [...]
In Yendi, the Yahaya Iddi guesthouse has gone downhill. The rooms are not very clean, the restaurant is closed, there is no running water (although plenty provided in buckets) and the aircon was not working when we were there (Feb 2010). Luckily there is a pleasant new place to stay, Eyarro’s Lodge. It is closer [...]
VODAFONE HIGH SPEED (THE FASTEST IN AFRICA AT 40 MB!) INTERNET CAFES: State of the art facilities-a/c, skype, modern computers and comfortable desk chairs-at Vodafone INTERNET cafes. 4 have opened up in Accra at Cantonments, Accra North, Accra Mall and Accra Central as well as at the main post office in Kumasi. Introductory price GH [...]
