Transport and Roads
As one of my field guides told me, transport, aside from owning a palm plantation, is the business in Ghana to make money.I can imagine that, since it is one issue that pops up everywhere: Villages need to be connected to bigger towns for the supply of...
Posted on September 9th, 2017
Cape Coast
Today I spent my day off at Cape Coast, which is just 30 km south of the Kakum Park and, as the name says, is at the Atlantic coast.
To get to Cape Coast I wanted to take a Tro Tro, a small van for around 15 people. These are the main means of public ...
Posted on September 9th, 2017
Wildlife
Don't put your expectations too high - I don’t want to disappoint you!Though I am in Africa, you will not find stories or pictures of the usual, well-known big African mammals here, like lions or giraffes or rhinos.In Ghana, in the part wher...
Posted on September 9th, 2017
Brahabebome
This is the name of the first village I stayed at, the most remote but also the one I liked the best.There is one place where most houses are gathered around but in a proximity of maybe 1 km there are several enclaves where a few huts are situated betw...
Posted on September 7th, 2017
Akwaaba!
First of all, welcome to my blog!And secondly: I'm doing this for the first time - so, no judging please!I am currently in Ghana conducting a field research for my master thesis on several smallholder cocoa farms in the remote area around Kakum Na...
Posted on September 7th, 2017