Editor and wife 4th floor , Citizen Kofi, Oxford St, Osu, Accra September 2009
Editor and wife 4th floor , Citizen Kofi, Oxford St, Osu, Accra September 2009
Ghana, has a huge potential for tourism and makes an excellent winter sun destination particularly from the U.K . A few of Ghana's good points for consideration are :
The time zone in Ghana is GMT identical to the UK , except for variations of one hour when the clocks go back or forward in the UK.
Ghana as a Country is politically stable and has just gone through a general election with the NDC party being elected. This party will be in power at least until 2012 , with the chance of a second term until 2016 if things go well.
The editor was in Accra, Ghana during the election & didn't witness any signs of trouble, although it was said on the BBC world service there was some tension during the last days of the election process . Personally the editor didn't notice any tension during the stay from January lst 2009 until January 14th 2009. The party is showing signs of being tough on law and order
The population in Ghana is generally peaceful & law abiding .
Being an ex British colony virtually everyone can speak English
Although the conditions inside the city of Accra are variable, all the beaches are generally in pristine condition, with swimming at Labadi , kokrobite, and Bojo , to name three.
Good weather can almost always be guaranteed,while it was minus 6 early January in the UK it was around 29 centigrade in Accra. Their winter is opposite to the UK and starts around June. There can be quite heavy rain at times in the winter period; the editor found September to be good since the weather was not too hot and at times cool.
Accra is only 6 hours away from the U.K
For something completely different, Ghana provides an excellent safe introduction to the continent of Africa.
As the title suggests this site is all about Accra & Ghana; the site is produced by a middle aged Englishman who has traveled Europe fairly extensively but is still fairly new to the African continent. The only point in mentioning this is that other people from similar backgrounds and tastes, might find this site accurate; since the editors experience posted on this site would likely be how you would also feel, if placed in the same circumstances.
The site then is for foreigners who may wish to visit Ghana for a holiday, or to invest in Real Estate or business.
The aim is to try & post useful information, with the actual experiences of the editor, no personal insults are intended for indigenous Ghanaians; but being a Northerner I tend to be a bit blunt and just tell it as i see it. Like most places in the world if you try to learn a bit of the lingo, have a positive mental attitude you will receive positive responses
To quickly find information on any item or subject in Ghana, particularly Accra try the Accra & Ghana database The database has links to the main web pages when the subject matter is present on the main web pages; but the database which is a separate entity also has additional information not found on the main web pages.
Andy Brookes BSc(Biol),FRES The editor can be contacted at the following email address:
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