If you didn’t see my Ghana post I, click HERE. In that I explain why Ghana was a little harder for me than other countries and why I decided to travel the way I did.
Other than that, here is a quick little recap of our last two days in good ole Ghana!
Day 3: Takoradi
We had no idea what we were going to do for the day before on ship time to make our way to the next port (which was in Ghana). There isn’t anything directly outside of the port and Ghana is a harder place to travel on a whim than some of the other countries so we were at a bit of a loss (keep in mind we expected to be in Kakum the night before so we didn’t have this day planned in terms of being back in Takoradi).
So we ended up at the Marriott in Takoradi to swim and snag a little bit of WiFi (hellooooooo class registration season).
I LOVE to swim, I’d spend all my time in a lake or pool if given the option (as long as I don’t freeze my butt off). So that is exactly what I did, I spent 6 hours in the pool.
Do you think we enjoyed ourselves?
For the record, it was 99 degrees outside, so like, are you shocked? Or rather, do you blame us?
So we started in Takoradi right, which is on the West side of Ghana. Then we took the ship to the second port of Ghana, Tema, which is on the East side of Ghana.
If you really wanted to, you could have done overland travel (ie. take a train, plane, or car), but in Ghana that just wasn’t reliable enough so we took the ship.
Why we went the further port first and then backtracked to Tema, I have no idea, but unfortunately, I’m not the one in charge (I know its blasphemous).
Anywho, when we got to Tema, we made our way to Accra the capitol for the rest of the day and night.
Day 4: Accra
It was a fairly long drive to get to the city center from where we were ported, so lunch was our main focus.
We were told to go to the Coco Lounge in Accra, because its has fantastic food and a cool location. So we packed up and headed there.
They were right, the food was fantastic and the atmosphere was great…
Sorry to admit, I ate my food before I remembered to take a picture. The thing is, African time is REAL. We were there for about three hours between ordering and getting our food.
Not to say we didn’t entertain ourselves with games… all of which got so intense so fast. I mean what can you expect with 15 hungry college students?
After lunch it was practically dinner time, so we made our way back to the hotel. We were advised on a few different occasions not to go out in certain areas of Ghana at night, just as a precautionary. We were exhausted so we figured we would take advantage of our hotel and not risk going out.
Day 5: Accra/Tema
The next morning we spent a good while working before heading back to the ship. This was the point of our trip where everyone started realizing that there was life back home, so the panic started to set in.
That morning was a quick frenzy of applying to internships, picking classes, balancing finances, and calling credit card companies. Even while abroad those pesky little tasks have to get done.
Oh and not to mention some good ole blog post writing, like this one which was Mauritius.
After we had de-stressed enough to get off the WiFi, we took the three hour trip back to the ship before our early on ship time.
Ghana was rough. A lot of blood, sweat, and a lot of tears. BUT I do want to come back to this beautiful country, for its people and for its community.
Until I see you next in MOROCCO!
Katelyn
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