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Visa for Ghana (december 2011)

by lotharscheer

You have to get the visa in the country of your origin or of your residence. In case there is no Ghana embassy in that country you have to find out witch embassy is relevant for you (for Austrians it is Bern, Switzerland, for Irish it is London....).In Bern (quite friendly) it takes 3 working day's (if you call them and explain why you might get it the same day) and 80 Swiss francs for 30 day tourist visa valid for 1 entry within 90 day'sYou need also a ticket out (but if you drive there they might accept that) and 2 references witch are Not suposed to have a POBox adress (most cheap hotels have that, but if you have a reservation it is enough), you need also 4 application forms (you have to download them) with 4 photos.In Berlin (rather unfrieny) it is € 50, and similar to Bern.In London you can appearently also apply online.These regulations are quite new, at least in Vienna travel...

GHANA WELCOMES ALL

by unikaz

my friend tema is very close to accra.as a matter of fact if its nigeria its not a distance.it cant cost you more than 5 cedi maximum it can be less.thats around 350 naira.but for a whole day you can negotiate with the cab driver.it will be reasonable.Ghana is another intersting destination in Africa West because of its numerous tourism and culture places.its city life is very vibrant and the people are friendly too.there are a lot of ffods to eat and places of relaxation are many.interms of security its safe than some part of Africa little wonder the US president' visit to the country. MY FONDEST MEMORY OF GHANA IS THE NIGHT LIFE WHICH IS ALWAYS ENDELESS.THE FOODS WHICH WHEN YOU WALK ON THE STREET ESPECIALLY TUDU AREA YOU SAVOUR THE AROMA OF WONDERFUL GHANAIAN DELICACIES CALLING YOU TO HAVE A TASTE.AWAY FROM GHANA I ALWAYS MISS THE FOOD AND THE BEAUTIFUL SUN LIGHT DURING THE DAY.

Changing Money

by lalikes

A Forex is where you change money. It is kind of intimidating as we are used to going to a bank or ATM. There aren't many ATM's and I would advise against them. Too many horror stories. Forex places have the cash, decent rates and you're out in a flash.

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Volunteer with us and will never regret it

by steps2Africa

Hi, I must say you are lucky to have falling in the right hands, that is i work with a Registered NGO that deal with your area of interest. we are located in the northern part of Ghana. Actually we have charges but for some reasons i will advice that because this is a chance of meeting you on line i will say in you are interested in coming through our organization i will give you the guide lines for you to make your decision. you can contact me at africaadventuretrails@yahoo.comWe have a website but its currently underconstraction. this was what we where using previouly but now changing it to a more professional site since we have expanded our project. old site is www.sweb.cz/tumtiwuniI hope to read from you soon. Initiator Mariam Zakaria

S.K.E.P. -Tamale-

by Wafro

Savannah Kids Education Project is a young project, founded with the aim to give underprivileged children in the north of Ghana the possibility to follow primary and secondary education. Unfortunately there are many families in Ghana with the lack of financial means to send their children to school. Because of that many children end up at the streets, where they try to earn some money as hawker or a shoe shine boy. S.K.E.P. wants to see these children back at school, where they belong. By giving these children the possibility to follow education now, they will have hope for a better future.

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VERY NICE PLACE TO STAY

by RemoKu

THE PEOPLE OF GHANA ,NIGHTLIFE IN GHANA ,INTERESTING CASTLELS AND SLAVE FORTS ,KAKUM NATIONAL PARKWATERFALLS ,NATURE ,LAKE (AND) RIVER VOLTABUSIA BEACH ( WESTERN REGION )RAILWAY BETW. KUMASI AND TAKORADI...AND MUCH MORE! THE PEOPLE OF GHANA

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Ghanaian Cedis

by Pieter11

The local currency in Ghana is the Cedi. One Cedi is close to nothing, so there are no Cedi-cents or something. At the time of writing (begin 2007) the rate was very easy compared to the US Dollar: 10.000 Cedis is about 1 US Dollar. That is why in all my tips, I used this rate to indicate prices.In Ghana, you hardly use coins to pay with, simply because they are hardly worth anything. The bills that you will are 1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000 and 20.000 Cedis. A quick calculation tells that the highest banknote is only worth 2 Dollars, so when you want to pay something quite expensive, you will need a whole lot of banknote. For example, an average lunch will cost you about 35.000 Cedis, a busticket from Accra to Tamale costs 120.000 Cedis, but when you want to buy a planeticket, it will cost you at least 5 minutes to count the 1.200.000 Cedis you need to pay for that!Most of the banknotes...

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Ghanaian English

by Pieter11

One good thing about Ghana is the fact that English is widely spoken. Not by everyone, but wherever you come, there will always be someone around who speaks English. BUT: there is a big different in pronounciation between "normal" English and Ghanaian/African English. And it can take a while before you are completely used to it. A few examples of typical things for this Ghanaian accent:- You will never hear the word "ask" in Ghana. Everybody in the country uses "AKS" instead. With a Brittish "a", not the American version. - All other words with "sk" are wrongly pronounced too: "deks" instead of "desk", "moks" instead of "mosque" and "taks" instead of "task".- All word ending on "er" in Ghana end on "a". "Water" becomes "wotta" and "Peter" becomes "Peetta". - "Three" is pronounced as "tri" by everybody, and "thousand" as "tousand". - Small, little, few, and everything indicating something...

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Ethnic Group # 3 - Dagomba

by grets

The Dagomba people, although they live in close proximity to the Gonja people, sometimes in the same village, they speak a totally different language: the Dagbani language, which belongs to the More-Dagbani sub-group of Gur languages. The main group of Dagomba people live in Burkina Faso, with subgroups such as this group of about 650,000 Dagbamba in Ghana, who live in an area of around 8,000 square miles. The Dagbamba culture is a very sophisticated oral culture alhtough lacking in written culture), which centres around the drum and other musical instruments. Their culture is heavily influenced by Islam.

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Ethnic Group # 2 - Gonja

by grets

Gonja is the name of a Kingdom in Northern Ghana, but the name is also used to describe the people of this kingdom. The Gonja kingdom was established in 1675, ruled by the Ngbanya dybasty. The kingdom is also known as Ghanjawiyyu. The Gonja language is spoken by approximately 230,000 and is part of the Kwa group of languages. Traditionally, the Gonja society is divided into a caste system, with a ruling class, a Muslim trader class, the animist commoner class and the slave class. In the old days, the main economy was the export of slaves and cola nuts.

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Q:  I'm planning my trip for Ghana for next year and I'm want to bring some food items such as can foods. Is it ok, and if so is there... 

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A: Why do you want to carry can goods? You can go to a number of grocery stores in Accra. Although I have carried some specialty items, the Accra airport does not usually... 

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