Cape Coast Travel Blogs

Hello Everybody!!I don't really have much time to write here as I have spent all my time on facebook!I am really starting to enjoy my life here alot more now you will all be pleased to know, I think I am starting to climatise to the weather and also getting to know people much more, I'm learning bi…

Oh what a weekend!  I love Ghana so much!  Or maybe I just love Kokorbrite and Big Millys?  This could be it too.   Gardenia arrived and I had to wait nearly three hours for her at the airport.  Her plane arrived nearly thirty minutes late and her luggage took ov…

"I dream of grated cheese.""My spit is dripping into the bucket." -At the Savoy Hotel in Cape Coast where the drain from the sink drips into a bucket that you have to empty.  I realized this while brushing my teeth and hearing the spit of my toothpaste slowly plop into the bucket below.  …

So this weekend NYU took us to the Coconut Grove Beach Resort in Elmina, about a three hour drive from Accra. We left at 6:30 Saturday morning. Yeah, that's early. The resort is gorgeous. The beach is actually pretty, which can't be said for most of the rest of the coastline in the country - it's u…

I am going to use this blog to share what is happening when I am on my trip. (July 4th-27th)

Ghana was a while ago for me. Most of the journal entries have bits and pieces from the journal I kept when I was there. I spent the month of January there between college semesters doing research on children's health. I got to see some of the largest variety of healthcare systems in such a little country. The conversations I had with people in the process were really great too. It was really amazing.

The magnificent Cape Coast castle is in the heart of the little town overlooking the sea.The Dutch converted the building into a castle in 1637 and the Swedes expanded it in 1652.The castle was captured in 1664 by the British (changed hands 5 times in 13 years), the Brits took control for 2 centuri…

A two week journey to Ghana with my family, visiting my uncle who was working for the UNDP.

Bruisend West Afrika

2009 seven week clinical rotation in different parts of the country.

In 2007 A group of 33 young people from Dordrecht, The Netherlands travelled to Kpandai, Ghana. We travelled there to build a Junior High School we financed. On the way to Kpandai and back we also dit some sight seeing. This will be my first travel blog the text is from my journal i kept throughout the journey. So i'm still translating and sorting out the photo's MORE WILL FOLLOW

Things I've learnt so far:1. Ben the diabetic tells good pun jokes when his blood sugars low2. There is such thing as a botel - not a hotel, but not quite a motel3. Never sit in the back row of a tro-tro4. An out-of-tune a capella rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen never gets old5. Janelle's h…

Accra, Kumasi and the village of Beseasi