WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE OVER THE HOLIDAYS! OUR 18TH REVIEW! Worldtravellinnewbie (pictured above) , a veteran reviewer with 14 contributed to the site, posted the review below along with eight photos. “My wife and I are expats and have lived in Ghana for more than a year, about 2 1/2 hours from Kumasi. We’ve stayed… [Read more…]
December 31, 2009
Please…to get the drift of this post you must read Part 1 posted a few days ago. Subtitles for this post could be “DO THEY KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS’ or “NO GOOD TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY”. So, I have a confession to make…I haven’t yet written the letter that the two Kumasi Clubs Rotary Clubs… [Read more…]
December 28, 2009
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Fred and Jasmin just dropped in off the road , no reservation, no phone call, and fortunately we had one room available. When asked what they were doing in Ghana, they said, “We’re just tourists!” I replied, “Just tourists! You’re not just tourists. You’re tourists! You are what this country needs. Right now, most people… [Read more…]
December 25, 2009
It’s quiet here. There are no guests. We close each year since there are so few booking for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. This little break gives Charity and I and our staff a well needed rest after working long hours during the pre-Christmas rush and to fortify us for the hectic time… [Read more…]
December 24, 2009
Hadn’t planned on this, but oh. This story takes the cake. A friend….phoned. He sounded very depressed. I didn’t help by replying to his question “What are ya doing” jokingly saying “making money: no making people comfortable and happy!” I asked him how he was and he said he had a financial crisis that he… [Read more…]
December 22, 2009
FRED FELT LIKE A GAME OF GOLF AND FOUR VILLAGES HELPED HIM OUT WITH CLUBS, BALLS AND TEES AND…..A TEN MINUTE DRIVE TO THE ROYAL GOLF CLUB. “ROYAL,” YOU ASK. YES, THE ASANTEHENE OSEI TUTU THE SECOND IS THE PATRON OF THE CLUB AND PLAYS ALL THE TIME. IF YOU’RE OUT ON THE LINKS EARLY… [Read more…]
December 21, 2009
“Where is the Help?” is the repeated subject of many an e-mail from the Director of the MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HOSPITAL. In July, 2009, I celebrated on this blog (see two links below)a matching pledge of US$1,600 to top up a Rotary contribution to a local maternal and child heath care hospital from funds… [Read more…]
December 17, 2009
In Ghana, the Harmattan heat starts to build accompanied by cool evenings and misty mornings. Eid-ul-Adha, marking the end of Hajj, comes and goes and Farmers’ Day, a national holiday, is celebrated. The silly Santa replicas appear along with the tacky decorations and scruffy little over-priced fake trees. Christmas is in the air! Getting out… [Read more…]
December 17, 2009
For ten years now, Madinghana has been invited to Ridge School to perform a very important function at this time of year. Enough said… and each year I ask myself, “Where are they all going to fit in?”Maybe I shouldn’t be so concerned about these particular children, the children of the elite…It’s all those children… [Read more…]
December 17, 2009
In follow-up to the last post which indirectly touched on adding value to the Ghana Hotels Association, I write a more in-depth assessment of this association which could exert such a positive influence on the tourism industry if only it could get past certain mindsets. Are you a member of an association in Ghana? Does… [Read more…]
December 31, 2009
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