Whenever we arrive in a new country, we always land in one of the main cities, all of which are large and very intense and Accra is no different. Our new plan is to try and get out of the city as quickly as possible (although Jacob sometimes insists that we stay longer to “explore”). After one day Accra we headed to a small village, Kokrobite, just outside the city and located on a very nice stretch of beach. We’re staying at a place called Big Milly’s Backyard in a small bungalow just steps from the beach. Big Milly’s is a real hippy place with private rooms, dorms, RV’s and tents. The locals hang around on the beach playing drums and smoking joints, sometimes with the guests.
So far we’ve noticed that people are very nice, everyone wants to meet one another and just hang out. The locals, as usual, are especially interested in making friends with us. Every day we meet new people who we have dinner with and spend the evening having drinks and playing cards. The locals really like Jacob and when we walk down the beach they all say hi to him, hold his hands and ask to be his friend. We even had 2 boys ask to walk with us, which they did for a long time and when I finally asked why, they said that they wanted to be seen with “the white man”. This is definitely giving Jacob an ego boost and he insists that every woman that talks to him or even looks in his general direction has a crush on him and is flirting. The women do tend to say hi to him often and then giggle when he responds.
Ghana is very different from Sierra Leone; electricity works regularly, there’s internet, there are paved roads, multi-story buildings – It’s just more developed. There’s a lot to see in Ghana and so far it seems very nice. Given the current situation in Burkina Faso we may decide to skip the other countries on our list for West Africa and stay in Ghana until we leave for Asia.
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| Accra |
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| My new pet |
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| new friends from Nigeria |
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| The beach |
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