💤 What's 3 days in Ghana like? (Part 2)

Akwaaba yet again

Hola investor 🤙🏼

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Day 2 in Ghana 🇬🇭

Rise & shine, it’s…

Accra City Tour day!

And this was the final point of realization of my anti-adventurous nature.

Because had this been a solo trip instead of a group one, I would’ve stayed in, wrapped myself up in a cozy blanket, and filled my time with books or movies.

Adventure be damned! (or maybe it’s just laziness talking)

But that wasn’t the case, so instead, I found myself at the…

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park 🎡

This place holds the history of Kwame Nkrumah, the Prime Minister & 1st President of Ghana (formerly known as the Gold Coast) — his legacies, family history, some of his personal items, sculptures, and more.

We were shown around the park by a tour guide while she walked us through his life journey.

One part of the gist that stood out for me here was hearing how many times his body/remains were exhumed and moved from one place to another before its final resting place at the park.

• Bucharest, Romania (1972) – He died in exile and was buried there shortly after his death.

• Nkroful, Ghana (1972) – His remains were brought back to his hometown and interred there.

• Accra, Ghana (1992) – His body was reinterred in the newly built Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, which is now his final resting place.

Fun fact about the structure behind (his final resting place): it was intentionally designed to look incomplete, to symbolize Kwame Nkrumah’s unfinished achievements for the people of Ghana before his death.

Copped a Ghana jersey here for myself on the way out. Caught my eye. 👕

The Black Star Square ★

…with my main activities here being just walking around the large field, taking pictures of myself and the cats, and observing the whole city while mentally comparing it to Lagos.

Fun fact: The monopoly of traffic jams doesn’t rest solely on the shoulders of Lagos. Ghana might be a close 2nd.

Food tried on Day 2:

• Fried yams & chicken sauce — tasted lovely!

• Waakye (pronounced wah-chey), with fish, garri, egg, ponmo, and plantain. — My plate had a lot going on, I couldn’t finish it & I didn’t enjoy the dish the way I remember enjoying it during my childhood.

We returned to base early & I spent the rest of the night starting the book — The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon & falling asleep to Netflix’s To Kill a Monkey.

Black Star Square Stadium. A cute, unfriendly cat. My plate of Waakye (the yellow-looking stuff is garri, I didn’t eat it ‘cos I didn’t know how to combine it with the rice).

Day 3 in Ghana/Final exploration day

Shai Hills Reserve 🧗🏽‍♀️

The Baboons.

We were welcomed here by Baboons just hanging around everywhere.

One of them even snatched food off our bus & ran away with it. I’ll share a clip of this on my TikTok.

Aside from the Baboons, this is where we came to go hiking and mountain climbing.

Man, climbing those ropes looks easier in movies. I was humbled.

We walked around here admiring the views from the top of the mountains and also climbing up & back down. It was a good workout.

Buffet Lunch at The Royal Senchi 🍽️

Food, food, food.

The Royal Senchi is an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant with a beautiful & welcoming ambience. There were a lot of things to grab & try.

I tasted fancy things like Tiramisu, Mushrooms, Panna Cotta, Ham & Cheese, different kinds of salads, goat meat light soup (a less spicy version of Nigerian pepper soup), jollof & tilapia, etc.

Omo. My taste buds didn’t vibe with a lot of them so it was mostly “taste & drop”.

Favorite meals were the salads and the plantains.

It was my 1st time tasting mushrooms & never again!

As for the jollof? didn’t finish it.

Objectively speaking, Nigerian jollof > > > > > > > >

Tilapia, jollof & dodo. Goat meat light soup. A row of desserts. Plate of salads & mushrooms.

Boat Cruise by Adomi Bridge 🛳️

After a change of clothing, we hopped onto a speed boat and took a 30mins ride to the Adomi Bridge.

Here, the man on the wheel was narrating the history behind the bridge while driving us around, but at this point, my ears were blocked.

I was instead looking around at the large body of water, wondering what would happen if…

Anyway,

…The Adomi Bridge is the 1st permanent bridge built to span the Volta River, linking the Eastern Region to the Volta Region.

It was opened in 1957 by Kwame Nkrumah, and it looked graceful up close.

cruise down the Adomi bridge

And after this, it was back to base & goodbye to the land of Akwaaba & Chale 🇬🇭

A highlight

Something crazy & almost scary happened on Day 2.

When we got back to base, one of us suddenly discovered she had lost her bag. This was a really cute bag that if it were the only thing we couldn’t find, I’d still be pained for her.

But it wasn’t just the bag that went missing. The bag contained other items and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, her iPhone 16 Pro Max!

Apparently, she had misplaced it at the place where we went to get food before coming back home.

It took them 2 hours to go looking & come back from the market where they suspect it was forgotten.

The highlight, the miracle, was that it was found! I couldn’t believe it.

The shop owner had kept it aside, hoping the owner would come back for it. They (shop owner) also saw the iPhone 16 Pro Max in the bag, took it, & kept it specially in hopes that it’ll be claimed soon. And it was.

I was flabbergasted.

The honesty of Ghanians?? A highlight.

Another scenario of this was another friend forgetting their tripod stand in an Uber, and the driver calling back the next day to inform them of the tripod left behind.

I said wow.

If there’s one thing we all can learn from them as a collective, it’s this.

And on that note my investors, my 3 days in Ghana comes to a close.

*dramatically bows out*

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