A facebook friend, friend, and past guest of FOUR VILLAGES INN from a few years ago posted these STRONG, STRONG comments on facebook:
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is tired of stupid Ghanaian policemen and their persistent harassment of tourists, well harassment of any ordinary person, if the police idiot is in a bad mood. Greedy hotel owners and inn-keepers were also close to destroying an otherwise nice holiday where the north (Mole and Tamale) were the highlights.
All the many comments following the above are in a foreign language, so I can’t tell you what they say, but here’s my response:
Christopher Scott: Hope you write reviews of the particular hotels/inns on the Bradt update site http://bradtghanaupdate.wordpress.com/
and about police misconduct the email address to make complaints is pips@ghanapolice.info PIPS stands for Police Intelligence and Professional Standards.
POSTSCRIPT: OTHER CONTACT INFO FOR THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE CAN BE FOUND AT THE SITE BELOW:
http://www.ghanapolice.info/contact.htm
Nana Amoako Agyeman
January 2, 2012
Let me add my encouragement to all those who have had good and bad experiences – let 2012 be the year that an “Occupy Ghana Tourism” movement gains strength. It is time to push back against all those whose personal agenda of greed, corruption and ineptness works against the overlying interests of Ghana and the Ghanaian people. Tell your stories – only by doing so will we ever hope for improvement.
madinghana
January 3, 2012
Copied from the Bradt update site -”Ineptness”
Linda Forster (aka Nana Efua Kodu I) says:
November 3, 2011 at 9:20 pm
We’ve just returned from a 2 week tour of Ghana and must say their tourism industry is very basic at best. The locals have a long way to go to learn how to deal with tourists. A restaurant in Bolgatanga was the worst experience we had – food ordered for 5 people, waitress totally ignoring us, having to ask for drinks several times, BUT the locals coming in got a smile, friendly chat and food served right away while we waited over an hour for food. What we ordered was the same thing being served quickly to locals. Air-con that didn’t work, hotels with no sheets on the bed or towels, it was a real eye-opening experience. By all means go to Ghana if you are prepared to really rough it, their tourism infrastructure leaves much to be desired.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO SO MANY ESTABLISHMENTS AND EXPERIENCES THAT ARE CELEBRATED ON THE BRADT UPDATE SITE!
madinghana
January 4, 2012
AND ON TRIP ADVISOR…LIKE THIS ONE ON CHARITY’S TABLE @ FOUR VILLAGES INN!
“Home Cooking in Kumasi”
Reviewed 2 January 2012 NEW
By far, the best food my husband and I ate in Ghana on our trip in December was at Four Villages Inn. No, it is not just African. Rather, it is simply-prepared food borrowing a little of America here,a little of France there, mixed with an African beat! With a little jazz in the background and the sweet smell of a lovely tree called Queen of the Night, Charity’s home cooking will put a smile on your face as you lick your chops.
Stayed December 2011, travelled on business