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Durable luggage, particularly something that cleans easily: it's VERY dusty in Ghana! Wheels are good, but not everywhere in Ghana has paving, so expect to carry your luggage a lot.
Take an empty bag: you'll want to take souvenirs home! If you forget, you could easily buy one of the chequered (laundry-type) bags.
One light sweater or at long sleeved top: depending on the time of the year you go, it might get windy at night.
A small umbrella: when it rains, it pours!
Clothes made of light, natural fabrics are good as you wont feel sweaty or clammy in them.
Hard wearing shoes/sandals: not all the roads are paved, some are very uneven, so you'll need durable shoes.
Leave the short shorts at home: it isn't done in Ghana and you'll only be stared at.
Anti-Malaria - this is important. Start the course four weeks before you leave for Ghana.
Mosquito repellent: believe me, you'll be glad of it!
* The water is so soft that soap is fine, (unless you have a serious skin complaint). Don’t take any special "moisturising" shower gels from the West, though, because you might have trouble washing it off thoroughly. This will cause you a lot of discomfort.
*If you use body lotion, take a very light one, unless you are travelling in the dry season (Harmattan)
* Ditto for face cream: you'll be very sweaty.
* Contact lens paraphernalia: take spares, I found that the average pharmacy doesn't stock these.
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Anti-histamines, if you are prone to irritation.
Lots of camera film, and a spare battery: you can get them Ghana but you might not be near a good camera shop when you need them.
* Take hankies, tissues or wet wipes with you. so you can freshen up at any time.
* take a personal fan and/or some cooling spray.
Things you can get in Accra:
Dusting powder: it's mentholated talc that soothes prickly heat, buy some as soon as you step off the plane!
Bottled water, available from shops, it's dirt cheap!
Painkillers: get them from a proper pharmacy, not from the street!
If you aren’t able to get your vaccinations done before you leave, you can get them done at a hospital very cheaply.
There are Western-style supermarkets in Osu, Accra.
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But when you react bad on this medicine, you should contact a doctor and consider to change it. Leave a Comment
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T-shirts rather than tank tops: the equatorial sun is fierce...Also I found T-shirts better than Indian kurtas, which are more suited to a dry climate (I may try them again in Mali if I get there next year).
Avoid shorts or short skirts as they are not worn by local people - go for light trousers and skirts.
Malaria pills (prophylaxis) are essential. In most cities it's easy to find malaria cures, and it may be worth buying a course of pills in case you get ill in an out-of-the-way place. Falciparum malaria can be fatal!
For the same reason, bring mosquito coils DEET-based or Autan repellent and a net, though a net may be hard to position in most hotel rooms. Also bring a thermometer: a temperature of over 38C is a possible sign of malaria, so go to the nearest hospital immediately.
Bring iodine, gauze and bandaid as even a small cut can easily be infected in a tropical climate.
I wish I'd brought a flashlight. There are no street lights in the cities, so a quiet streets can be difficult to navigate (especially as there's usually an open gutter on the side of the street).
A travel clothesline can be useful if you want to wash your clothes in budget hotels (and there's no laundry service). Leave a Comment
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Make sure you bring luggage and/or bags that you wouldn't mind getting dirty. Ghana is a very dusty country..forget about bringing your nice purses & bags!!!
I only stayed in Ghana for 1 month from Sept - Oct 05. In my opinion, you only need 2 long sleeve shirts (for the cold nights & STC buses), rain jacket (rainy season/light jacket), 8 shirts (sleeveless & tshirts), 1 capri, 1 pants, 2 skirts (get fabrics & get them made, you'll only spend $5-10), 2 soccer shorts, 2 pair of BLACK socks, 8 underwear & sneakers. It depends on your style but my advice is NOT to bring whites (hard to handwash -- no washing machines people!) & wear pastel colored clothes at night (mosquitos like dark colors). The best 2 things I wore in Ghana: shorts & flipflops. A reminder to female travellers -- please wear soccer shorts (long shorts almost to your knees), short shorts is a big no no in Ghana. Anyway, you don't even need to bring a lot of clothes. I bought some of my clothes in the markets. I bought my Adidas & Umbro shorts for 15,000-20,000 cedis (a little more than $2)!!! Flip flops for 5,000 cedis. If you like a good "garage sale", you'll definitely enjoy ghana.
My advice is to use 25-30% DEET for your mosquito repellant & only spray it at night or on wildlife hikes. A mosquito net is a necessity (I like the "bug tent". Some hotel rooms doesn't have hooks to hang the net). Light skin or not, please use waterproof (you'll be sweating under the African sun) sunblock. For soap, handtowels, hairspray, laundry detergent, etc -- you can buy it cheaply in Ghana. I found hand sanitizer extremely useful for the urinals/toilets in Ghana (they don't have places to wash hands). Lastly, for medication...here's a small list: anti diarrhea (BUT if you have diarrhea, it's better to "let it flow" than medicate yourself. You might have an infection & it's better to get it out of your body & rehydrate yourself & eat well), benadryl (if you have an allergy reaction from exotic animals, food), pepto (for unfamiliar foods), pain meds (i.e. tylenol, advil etc), AND anti malaria meds (doxycycline, larium, malarone -- just know the side effects). Also, bring bandages & topical antibiotics.
My main advice: Drink PLENTY of water/fluids, wash your hands before you eat, know what your eating, try different foods but try them little by little, and have an excellent time!!!
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If you're like me and from America, forget the 25% mosquito repellent. African mosquitos are ridiculous. 25% is NOTHING to them. Either wait til you get to Ghana and get their mosquito repellent, or go on ebay and get 50% deet repellent. A good one is Repel 55 or 50.
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A sheet for around the mattrass and the pillow should be enough; you won't need blankets to cover yourself in most (hot and sweaty) rooms. Leave a Comment
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An essential thing to bring with you when you are planning to travel through Ghana, is the Bradt Guide on Ghana. There is no guide like this one about this country. Lonely Planet only has a guide about the whole of West Africa, with very limited information about Ghana.
The Bradt has all the necessary information about connections of transport, places to stay and places to visit. The only disadvantage is that prices have changed a lot since the last print, so be prepared to spend at least 20% more than the book indicates, especially on accommodations. Leave a Comment
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If you come to Ghana, as I did, thinking it will be easy to find books by Ghanaian and other African authors, think again. I only found a few in Legon University Bookstore (which is worth visiting) and in the Black Star bookshop in Cape Coast. So pack a couple of novels for the road. But if you're in Cape Coast, do drop in at the Black Star. It has a wildly eclectic collection in all subjects. I was able to suprise a friend of mine who loves Colette with an old leather-bound edition of Cheri! Leave a Comment
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Or when it?s too dangerous or too high to encounter, you?ll also need them. Leave a Comment
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