Ghana

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The city of Ghana is located in West Africa. Ghana means "Warrior King" and comes from the old Ghana empire. And Ghana is a very welcoming place, perfect for first-time travelers to Africa. Ghana's tourist industry is expanding rapidly, and more and more tourist companies are seeing an increasing demand for Ghana as a tourist resort.

And Ghana is also full of riches in almonds. Archeological proofs show that people have been living in present-day Ghana since about 1500 BC. According to verbal records, many of Ghana's contemporary ethnical groups, such as the multi-ethnic Akan, the Ga and the Ewe, date back to the thirteenth century.

The modern Ghanaian territorial system encompasses the empire of the Ashanti, one of the most powerful states in sub-Saharan Africa before the colonisation. The early contacts of the Portuguese, who came to Ghana in the fifteenth centuries, concentrated on the widespread supply of avionics. Impossibilized by Britain's traders, fascinated by the area' s golden reserves, they called the Golden Coast, while impossively decorated by the jewelry carried by the coast'Côte d'Ivoire' or Ivory Coast, they called the western region.

For hundreds of years, the Gold Coast was known as the "White Man's Tomb" because many of the Europeans who came there were dying of antimalaria and other ailments. In 1874, after the Dutch retreated, Great Britain made the Gold Coast a patronage. After the British invasion in 1896, until the liberation in March 1957, the region of Ghana was known as the Gold Coast without the Volta Region (British Togoland).

After the Second World War decolonization became more intensive and on March 6, 1957, the chosen president of the parliament Kwame Nkrumah proclaimed Ghana "free forever". Nkrumah Kwame was an advocate of pan-Africanism and his appeal was a great worry for the West. Soon thereafter, the Ghanaian economies declined sharply and many Ghanaians emigrated to other states.

H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor was appointed Republic Chairman in 2001 and in 2004 was passed for the second year from one legally appointed leadership to another, thus ensuring Ghana's stature as a solid democratic state. Ghana has two peak season, the rainy season and the drought.

North Ghana enjoys its wet seasons from March to November, while the southern, which includes the capitol Accra, enjoys the seasons from April to mid-November. The provincial capitol and the biggest town. The Kumasi - traditionally the center of the Ashanti Kingdom and the second biggest town in Ghana. The Eco village Sognaayilli (Meet Africa) - a vacation with the locals in a typical north Ghanaian town.

The Shai Hills Reservation - a great day trip to visit a baboon, parrot and hartebeest near Accra; you can explore the reservation on a horse. Foreigners from the following counties can travel to Ghana without a visa: Otherwise, all other foreigners need a permit to travel to Ghana, unless they are in air traffic directly from a Ghana international airfield.

To find out about getting Ghana travel permits, please check the Ghana Immigration Service's website. Ghana's on-line register is outdated, but this list[3] is quite trustworthy. You may be able to obtain a Ghana entry permit from a UK Ambassador, High Commissioner or consular office in the UK where you are lawfully present if there is no Ghana Ambassador or consular office.

As an example, the UK embassies/consulates in Amman[4], Bogotá[5], Helsinki[6], Hong Kong[7] and Tripoli[8] are accepting Ghana visas (this is not a complete list). UK Embassy charges 50 for processing a Ghana entry and 70 pounds more if the Ghana government requires the request to be forwarded to them.

Ghanaian government agencies may also levy an extra tax if they communicate directly with you. The Kotoka Internacional Airfield in Accra (ACC)[9] is used for all intercontinental services. Kotoka and Accra Airports (ACC) is also very centrally located and there are always shuttle airports and many taxi services available to take you to other parts of the city.

Accra operates daily from New York City (JFK). Scheduled to continue four flights aweek to Liberia (Monrovia ends August 31, 2014.) Delta has suspended its non-stop connection from Atlanta to Accra. Egypt Air also has non-stop flights to Accra. South African Airways also operates non-stop flights from Johannesburg four days a week. airline.

You can travel non-stop to Accra from there. Turkey Airlines operates four non-stop weekly services from ?stanbul to Accra since 2012. There are also several weekly services from Casablanca to Accra. You should best exchange your currency at a Aflao or Lomé depository.

Ghana's state-owned coach operator, State Transport Corporation, operates intercity coach operations within Ghana and to some important towns in Western Africa. As part of a public-private relationship, Metro Mass Co. was established to provide customer support in Accra and other parts of Ghana. It is necessary to traverse the frontier on foot (after you have left BF, go about 300 metres through no man's country before you reach the Ghanaian inches.

Between Accra and Kumasi there are 16 domestically operated services per DAI, 9 between Accra and Sekondi Takoradi, 8 between Accra and Tamale and 2 between Accra and Sunyani. There is no more CityLink in Ghana, and neither is there any more than there is the City540. Here you will find a simple list of everyday Ghana destinations.

As of October 2010, all trains except those that run from Accra to Nsawam (four daily, Monday to Saturday) and from Accra to Tema (twice daily, Monday to Saturday) are closed. Most of Accra is pretty good.

Considerable improvement is being made on the principal route between Accra and Kumasi. The majority of the streets outside Accra, apart from the highways, are unpaved. At present, only Ghanaian cars are permitted on the streets. There are STC services between Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi, Tamale, Cape Coast and other important citys.

However, buy your ticket one full working full working days in advance when waiting until the date of your trip. A number of other airlines also run coach connections between the big cities, including OSA, Metrobus and Kingdom Travels, whose level of reliability is slightly better than tro-tros, but there's not much in it.

By far the best and least expensive between Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast, Metrobus is not suggested for Tamiya as it is difficult to get a seat among the masses looking for this goal. Today the V. I.P. is the largest airline between Accra, Kumasi, etc. Trotros are an ideal way to get to know Ghanaians and are always good for a good outing.

The route usually passes between the major towns along the coastline, e.g. Takoradi, Accra, Aflao, etc. Taxi's are widespread, easily recognizable, as a visitor only stands at the kerb and makes a small decelerating gestures with palms and arms up. Riders often try to cite 2-3x higher than the average fare, so don't be afraid to negotiate.

At Accra, drop taxi rates begin at 2ghc up to 20 GHGC for the airfield, allowing 3GHC to 6GHC in the city. The English is both the formal and common lingua franca among the many Ghanaian people. The Ghanaian people usually are fluent in English, albeit with some peculiarities. Ghana speaks over 40 different tongues, such as Twi/Fante in the Ashanti and Fante areas, Ga in Greater Accra, Ewe eastwards of Lake Volta, Dagbani and so on.

The Hausa is also used as a lingua franca in the north and among Ghana's Muslims in general. Ghana's story begins for many people with the slavery and interactions with Europeans, but before that there was a long and wealthy one. Remains of flourishing civilizations can be seen in the north, both on the Larabanga Moche from the fifteenth and the Nalerigu defensive wall from the sixteenth cent.

As the Ashanti kingdom's influence and reputation increased in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the city of Kumasi expanded and is now home to a number of historical sites. However, the slavery left its traces in Ghana, with fortresses constructed along the coastline by the Britons, Hollanders, Danes, Germans, Portugueses and Swedes.

These fortresses give an insight into the times of enslavement and a look at the last monument of Africa for thousand of humans and are also world cultural heritage of Unesco. You will be able to unwind with a drink, soak up the sun, spend a day at a seaside resort or just observe the fisherman at work.

The Volta reservoir, which was built in the middle of the 1960s by the Volta river in Akosombo in order to supply Ghana with power, now also offers a beautiful viewpoint from the reservoir or you can take a tour of the reservoir yourself, or you can go to Ada on the Volta river instead.

The Bosumtwi Lake is located in the Ashanti area not far from Kumasi. Ghana's first and second towns have a lot to see and do. The city of Accra has historical places such as Independence Place, Kwame Nkrumah Massey and WB Dubois Centre. In Kumasi you will find all the monuments around the Ashanti' s story, such as Manhiya Palace, Asantehene Palace and the Okomfo Anokyesword.

The name Ghana Celdi was changed in July 2007. Ghana cedi" (GHS) corresponds to 10,000 old Ghana cedos. In the six-month transitional phase, the old one is called "cedi" and the new one is called "Ghana cedi". Please be conscious that most Ghanaians still think in old currencies.

Today that would be one, two or three "new" Ghana Cedi. U.S. bucks are acceptable in some of the big touristic resorts, but you shouldn't count on it. Forex offices are many in Accra and some in the other large towns. It' s very hard to exchange traveller's checks, and outside Accra and Kumasi it is almost certainly not possible, unless you switch them at a big one.

The Barclays has offices in Accra, Kumasi, Cape Coast and even Tamale where you can exchange itineraries. Visas are acceptable at the most important hotel locations and there are ATM machines in Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast that accepts VISA. Note that the Cape Coast ATM is often empty. You can get a prepayment in money on your VISA or MasterCard at the head office of Barclays Bank in Accra, provided you have your pass with you.

Big towns like Acra have open stores every single working days, but travelers get the real taste of the land if they have the chance to go to a local fair on the weekday it is open. acra Majorca is a first-class business center on Spintexstraße des Tetteh Quarshie Interchange (www.accramall.com).

This is a dish consumed by touch by dipping it in the broth and you get a dish of soap and soap to be washed before your dinner (note that Ghanaians only use their right hand). It is also usual to serve rices, but many Ghanaians, especially men, do not consider it a "real" delicacy.

A number of West and Chinatourns are also available, especially in Osu, a fashionable outskirts of Accra. They' re less expensive (beer often between GH?. 00 and GH?. 00) and you'll no doubt be able to find some Ghanaians and listen to the latest hip-life music.

There are three large Ghanaian colleges. Of these, the biggest is the University of at Legon, a district of the capitol Accra. Further univerisities are in Cape Coast (University of Cape Coast) and Kumasi (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, or "Tech"). Several travellers may consider attending a short-term official Ghanaian course of studies abroad (http://www.goabroad. com/study-abroad/ghana or https://www.gooverseas. com/) - subjects ranging from the national languages to getting to know Ghana's past or business policy.

Travellers can take advantage of these possibilities to enhance their understanding and interactions with Ghana's population. One of the most common ways to travel around Ghana is to help Ghana by volunteering with the many organisations it has to offer. Ghana Ulster[24]. In Wa, Ghana, a grass-roots NGO campaigning for the realisation of the right of disadvantaged HIV/AIDS-affected countries.

Volunteers are teaching mathematics or natural sciences or teaching in Ghana, Africa[26] - A non-profit organisation. At the moment Ghana is a very secure, stabilised nation with a relatively low level of criminality in comparison to other Western Africa states. Make sure you get out in a large group and take a cab immediately after leaving the café.

Ghana should be avoided at all cost by GGBT. North of Ghana, part of the African border of meningitism, there is a very high level of mortality in men. Due to the coastal climatic conditions, travelers have to maintain their water balance. The latest information on Ghana, advice and advice can be found on the website of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention destination Ghana[27].

Try to adopt respectable practices (e.g. do not eat or sacrifice with your lefthand hand), but in general Ghanians accept that visitors do it bad. Ghanaans forgive those who do not take the opportunity to welcome others. Ghana's handshakes are typically handshakes that are quickly followed by the snap of the thumbs and the fingers.

In Ghana, mail delivery may not be trustworthy, but the mail to and from Accra is relatively trustworthy (about 2 week in both directions, e.g. to the UK).