Difference between revisions of "Preparing for the Ghana program"
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* Guidebooks. I suggest that you purchase a guide book for Ghana or West Africa and review it prior to packing. Here are a few possibilities: | * Guidebooks. I suggest that you purchase a guide book for Ghana or West Africa and review it prior to packing. Here are a few possibilities: | ||
| − | [http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/Primary/Region/AFRICA/West_Africa.jsp?bmUID=1207670541868 Lonely Planet | + | [http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/Primary/Region/AFRICA/West_Africa.jsp?bmUID=1207670541868 Lonely Planet West Africa Travel Guide] |
[http://www.roughguides.com/website/shop/products/West-Africa.aspx Rough Guide to West Africa] | [http://www.roughguides.com/website/shop/products/West-Africa.aspx Rough Guide to West Africa] | ||
Revision as of 07:50, 8 April 2008
- Guidebooks. I suggest that you purchase a guide book for Ghana or West Africa and review it prior to packing. Here are a few possibilities:
Lonely Planet West Africa Travel Guide
Bradt Travel Guide, the only guidebook dedicated to Ghana, though reviews vary, as you can see.
(By the way, it is easy to withdraw cash from Ghana using bank machines, so you don't have to bring it all with you. More advice of this kind to follow...)
Here's a map on which you can find Accra, Cape Coast, Kumasi, and Keta (not far from Dagbamete); Ho is the capital of the Volta Region. Kokrobite is around 80 kilos west of Accra. Elmina and Kakum are short drives from Cape Coast.
