OUT AND ABOUT: CAPE COAST - SLAVE TERRITORY
One of my favorite
past times is travelling in and around Ghana, discovering the larger universe
for myself. And this weekend thanks to our Muslim brothers, we had a public
holiday on Friday. I took the opportunity
to visit my best friend who had been posted to Cape Coast for her national
service. I boarded a Ford bus from Kaneshie which cost 9 cedis because it is
more comfortable and faster than the Metro Mass and Yutong buses which were
4.50 pesewas and 7 cedis respectively. It takes
approximately 2 hours to Cape Coast from Accra without traffic. It,however, took
me 30 minutes more because we had to stop at Mankessim Junction because a passenger
had to attend natures call (Eii, Nsem wo World!!!)
Cape Coast Castle |
In my bid to explore
the night life of the “Capetians’’ as I call them we made a few call around as I
was curious to find out what the students of the university of cape coast and
youth did at night. We discovered a live band musical at the Goil filling
station with great tunes from the oldies, hiplife, highlife etc. The food and
drinks were however expensive.
The next day, we visited
a friend who lived close to the sea but the shore was rocky so we had to look
for a beach elsewhere. We got to Elmina hotel but they only had a pool so we
took a long 30 minute walk into the town of Elmina. Unfortunately, the pleasant
walk by the sea was dispelled by the pungent smell of feaces mixed with rubbish
and saline water-it seems the people dumped every form of waste in the sea and
the shore. I had to hold my nose the entire time.
We passed by several
old buildings which had colonial architecture ,the old bridge house, the Elmina
Castle (I have been to the castle 4 times already) and picked a taxi to the Coconut
Groove Regency Hotel .
That night, we went to
apparently what was the best pizza joint in town at a place called sizzlers-in
short, the pizza was horrible and expensive .Can you imagine that it cost 23
cedis for a large size pizza which looked like a medium? In spite of that
people seemed to be having a good time in what seemed like an open air club as
people danced to the tune of Azonto music.
Cape Coast is awesome
place to get away from the hustle and bustle of Accra.It has a rich history ,amazing people and
beautiful senery.
So guys whenever u
decide to visit Cape Coast, remember to bring your bathing suits, camera , bug
spray and a lot of money to spend. Enjoy!!!!
Sounds like you had a great trip.
ReplyDeleteYes I did,come to Ghana and experience the beauty ,history and culture !!!
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