Tashi

anyone been to Ghana recently? Is it a relatively cheap place to get around
or expensive like Mali?
do you know if you can get a visa upon arrival? if so how much?
thanx in advance

tashi

Antonello

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 04:02:45 GMT, "Tashi" wrote:

    >anyone been to Ghana recently? Is it a relatively cheap place to get around
    >or expensive like Mali?

I was in Ghana last week. The prices rose about 30%/50% since july
(for the petrol)..
Taxi in Accra: 10/20.000 cedis (1 or 2 Euros)
Restaurant: 50/100.000 cedis (5 to 10 euros)
Beer 6.000 cedis

    >do you know if you can get a visa upon arrival? if so how much?
    >thanx in advance

You have to get a VISA in advance

    >tashi

Antonello

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    > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 04:02:45 GMT, "Tashi" wrote:
    > I was in Ghana last week.

Hi Antonello,

since you have been in Ghana, i'd like to ask you an advice: does Ghana
worth a trip (as a first timer in Africa), or do you recommend to start with
another country?
Ah, i should go in August.

Thank you!
Bye

Davide

Josef Wenz

I also was in Ghana (in February this year).
Ghana is perfect for a 'first timer', as there's much to see, people are
incredibly friendly and it is very very secure.
I was there for 5 weeks, and I would say, that 3 month could be enough to
see, what I've wanted to see.
prices: very different: for example: if you take a Taxi within Accra, than
the price is, as Antonello told you, but you also can take a bus or a Trotro
for 300 km, and you will just pay 3 Euro (in case of air condition)!
The same is true to food: it starts with 1 USD, but you also can go to the
Novotel (but this still is very cheap)
I was travelling around a lot, and I needed 900 Euros for this 5 weeks,
including a visa for Togo and some (more expensive) days over there. (+
flight, + vaccinations)
Josef

if you look for further information: try to get this book (it is much better
than the lonely planet!): everything in this book was true (if you add about
1/3 to the prices, because of the oil price doubled this January)

Title: Ghana, English edition
Subtitle: Practical Traveller´s Guide to the Gold Coast of West Africa
Publisher: Meyer P. Reisefuehrer
Author: Cobbinah, Jojo
ISBN: 3-922057-11-X
1999





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    > "Antonello" ha scritto nel messaggio
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    > > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 04:02:45 GMT, "Tashi" wrote:
    > > I was in Ghana last week.
    > Hi Antonello,
    > since you have been in Ghana, i'd like to ask you an advice: does Ghana
    > worth a trip (as a first timer in Africa), or do you recommend to start
with
    > another country?
    > Ah, i should go in August.
    > Thank you!
    > Bye
    > Davide