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First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 1:14pm On Feb 23, 2019 |
Hello! I've seen a lot of interesting and informative threads in the Travel section and feel like sharing my experience in Ghana as a first timer. Everything I say would be based on my personal experience and/or findings. Feel free to drop suggestions, questions and I'll respond as soon as I can. TRANSPORTATION I traveled in the month of December last year and I had to first leave for Lagos as I do not reside there, so cost of transportation differs depending on your location. There are a number of transport companies that ply the Lagos-Accra route daily, such as Chisco, ABC, Efex etc. I boarded GUO in Iyana Ipaja however as suggested by my host and paid the sum of N19, 500 using a Virgin Passport. Some people traveled with their National ID or other means of identification. We were each given a pack of rice and stew with beef and left the park at approximately 8am. At an Immigration check point the driver would simply take our Passports for stamping and we never spent more than a couple of minutes at each stop. At the Seme border, some passenger luggage were searched and the Officers there asked what your purpose for traveling to Ghana was, nothing overboard. We were asked to submit Yellow Fever card here, while those who had provided theirs, they made no fuss about those who didn't. The ride from Benin Republic to Ghana was great as the roads were in good condition. At 3pm Ghanaian time we were at Aflao border (this is the Ghanaian border). Note: Nigeria is an hour ahead of us, so it was 4pm in Nigeria. At 6pm we arrived Accra. Altogether, that's 10 hours. I've had longer and even rougher trips in Nigeria so I didn't feel too tired or stressed. You can however book a flight and arrive at the Kotoka International Airport in no time, which costs about N45, 000 if you can't bear sitting for that long. I got a 60 day stamp, the stamps are quite plenty 2 Likes
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Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Oluwasaeon(m): 1:44pm On Feb 23, 2019 |
We're one hour ahead of Ghana 4 Likes |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by DonroxyII: 2:14pm On Feb 23, 2019 |
Front seat booked !!! |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by gamaliel9: 2:44pm On Feb 23, 2019 |
Pls continue ....or are you voting? 1 Like |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Evidenx(m): 4:35pm On Feb 23, 2019 |
come OP, you nor go come finish this story?
I Don sit down here... tales by moonlight � haha. |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 11:37pm On Feb 23, 2019 |
Oluwasaeon: Thanks for that, you're right. |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 11:53pm On Feb 23, 2019 |
LANGUAGE I used to watch a lot of Ghanaian movies (I still do) and was somewhat accustomed to their use of English but I found myself trying to understand what they were trying to say most of the time when I got here. Below are some common words and how they are pronounced: Cup - Cap Cap - Kep Cut - Cat Brush - Brash Us - Ass Work - Werk (as in kolewerk) Church - Cherch Station - Stayshin Television - Televishen Hungry - Hangry (sounds like angry) Angry - Bored When someone is angry, he says "I'm bored" Some common local words, I think it's Twi (pronounced Chwi): Thank you - Medase Please - Mepachor Kwasia - Foolish idiot How are you - Eti sein 3tw3 - Female s*x organ - pronounced as echwe Note: the moment you open your mouth, they can tell what African country you come from. More on that later. 7 Likes |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by ThothHermes: 1:04am On Feb 24, 2019 |
I'm bored bawo |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Chrisantus94(m): 9:07pm On Feb 24, 2019 |
following bro |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by PinkDick(m): 11:26pm On Feb 24, 2019 |
Following |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Nobody: 6:46am On Feb 26, 2019 |
Following. This will be interesting. |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Waffarianman(m): 4:16pm On Feb 26, 2019 |
Come and finish what you started oo and do make you come back Buhari Don rigged the election |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Nobody: 8:37pm On Feb 26, 2019 |
Bia OP,don't let me get bored with you oo,better come end cantinue 1 Like |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by leonard002(m): 11:10pm On Feb 26, 2019 |
op you don sleep? |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 12:39am On Feb 28, 2019 |
CURRENCY The Ghanaian Cedi comes in 6 notes: 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1. There is pesewas which is their coins: 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 cedi coin respectively. I understand there was a time you could fit 1, 000,000gh comfortably in your wallet but things changed, I'm not sure of the story behind that. Some people call the 'old currency' and 'new currency' interchangeably so don't be scared when somebody tells you a bottle of soft drink is 500, 000gh... It's simply 5gh. Using 1gh = N75, here's the exchange rate: 50gh = N3, 750 20gh = N1, 500 10gh = N750 5gh = N375 Note how there are the same figures on the Cedi, they are known as the Big 6. They fought for the Independence of Ghana. I'll be telling you what your Cedi can buy for you later on. 4 Likes
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Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Emmanuelstm(m): 5:33pm On Feb 28, 2019 |
Missali:500,000 cedis in old currency is 50 ghc not 5ghc 2 Likes |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 11:11am On Mar 02, 2019 |
Emmanuelstm: A Ghanaian told me this, perhaps she made a mistake. |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by gentlebullet(m): 4:07pm On Mar 02, 2019 |
Missali:Madam, 500,000 old cedis is new Ghc50 and 50,000 old cedis is new Ghc50. |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by gentlebullet(m): 4:08pm On Mar 02, 2019 |
Missali:Madam, 500,000 old cedis is new Ghc50 and 50,000 old cedis is new Ghc5. |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by DonroxyII: 11:48pm On Mar 02, 2019 |
Missali:@ misali , I think it should 1ghc= 75naira not what you typed up there !! You are using 75 naira to exchange 1ghc but you typed 75ghc exchanged for 1naira. 2 Likes |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Rexnegro(m): 12:59am On Mar 03, 2019 |
come and kwantinu o |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Ablemax(m): 1:59am On Mar 03, 2019 |
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Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 8:31am On Mar 04, 2019 |
gentlebullet: Oga kindly open your thread and sensitize the general public on Ghanaian currency. |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 8:33am On Mar 04, 2019 |
DonroxyII: That was a mistake on my part. Thanks 1 Like |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 8:40am On Mar 04, 2019 |
ELECTRICITY If I no talk about light, wetin I gain? Power supply here is 24 hours most of the time. As long as you refill your prepaid meter, you can be sure of electricity. I can't explain the beauty of returning home and not having to worry if there will be light or not. The places in Nigeria I can use in comparison to the steady power supply are Bonny Island in Rivers State and some parts of Abuja. To put things in perspective, I have never had a flat phone battery in 3 months. 5 Likes |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by harlee(m): 11:06am On Mar 07, 2019 |
Missali:u got a 60 days stamp,which means u can stay in Ghana for 60days without issues with immigration right? |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Missali(f): 7:35pm On Mar 09, 2019 |
harlee: That's right, after that you need to visit Immigration to get another stamp if you want to extend your stay. 1 Like |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Nobody: 4:01pm On Mar 16, 2019 |
Missali:Please continue especially where you said you would explain the purchasing power of cedis that what can I buy with 3,5,10,20gh cedis |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by harlee(m): 1:57pm On Mar 28, 2019 |
Missali:hello madam,do I need the yellow fever card to travel to GH |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Danirose007(m): 7:17pm On Mar 28, 2019 |
Lovely thread |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Ugosample(m): 9:53pm On Mar 28, 2019 |
harlee: As a statement of fact, YOU DO! it's better ti travel with your passport AND yellow card Ghana is a beautiful country 1 Like |
Re: First Time In Ghana: Personal Experience by Ugosample(m): 9:55pm On Mar 28, 2019 |
Danirose007:indeed Ghana is a lovely country I go to again and again The only minus is that it is TOO EXPENSIVE |
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