More From Ghana
On the second day of our trip, we took a stroll around and quickly realised there was not much up in Nungua. Fortunately even though it was 7p.m, we were able to get a taxi and head off to Osu, which is kinda like the town centre (Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus wanna be). Jokes apart though, they do have a street called Oxford Street, which bares as much resemblance to the W1 Oxford Street as the Lagos Broad Street to the EC1 broad street.

The taxi driver was kind enough to show us the local highlights and popular restaurants. We ended up in Frankie's which reminded me of Nando's ( a personal favourite). Judging by the clientele, it seemed like a tourist hangout and a popular hang out with the rich kids on holiday from universities in the UK and US. The food was ok, definitely different from Nigerian cuisine.

After dinner, we walked along the road and noted several bars with live music. With bars and clubs, I always prefer the well trodden path and will only go to one either recommended by a local or a guidebook. As this was not the case with Accra, we ended the night early and headed back to the hotel. Sadly, not an opportunity to repeat my KL table top dancing antics.

And so we went to Ghana…..
I am one of those customers, travel companies love, because I love spontaneous travel….I often just get that feeling that I need an escape from reality immediately and as a result will book a trip or hotel immediately. Needless to say, this is a very expensive way of travelling which I would not recommend.

So we woke up the day after our wedding celebration and started debating where to go to escape the goodwill and attention from family and friends. We had not had the time to plan this properly prior to leaving the Uk because we were both working our corporate behinds off. We had three options: Ghana and its luxury resorts and beaches; Obudu cattle ranch in Calabar and LaCampagne in Lagos. Eventually, we decided on Ghana because It was an opportunity to visit another country and avoid the ubiquitous naija mobile phone network.

Being naija where information is not readily available, we had to get to the International airport to determine what options were available for flying to Ghana. Luckily for us VirginNigeria had a flight to Ghana that evening though we couldn’t get a confirmation of the price from anywhere except the booking desk. We purchased the tickets and then had 3 hours to while away before the flight. We decided to go back to Allen Avenue to get some food to eat, which almost proved our undoing because after the meal we couldn't find any cab driver on Allen Avenue who was willing to risk the mega-traffic back to the airport. With some creative thinking we paid twice the price and did the 30 mins journey in two bits as a solution to the problem.

Eventually, we got on the 6p.m. flight to Ghana but not without some drama from the Nigerian Immigration officials, on our way to board the plane, our passports were requested and we were queried. The guy looked at our passports and asked where we were going to which we answered Ghana. The guy then laughed and commented that our passports were too rich for Ghana and what exactly were we going to do there. We answered that we were going for our honeymoon, which amused the guy enough for him to let us go without further questions.

About 45 mins after the flight took off, we arrived safely at the clean but not modern, Kotoka International Airport. When we got through immigration to arrival hall, we were met at the tourist desk by friendly and not-shady looking staff who attended to us efficiently. They were able to advise us about reasonable hotel accommodation and get us free travel from the airport from the Hotel. This was a stark contrast to Nigeria where the only way this would happen was if you were about to be defrauded or robbed.

Unfortunately due to the lack of planning, all the popular 5 & 4 star sea-side resorts were fully booked, so we had to settled for the seas-side Dutch Hotel in Nungua, this was about 45mins -1 hour outside the city. The hotel had a nice pool and was right on the beach which was lovely. The other facilities were okay and the rooms were a decent size. It came across as quite clean and well maintained but not as nice as the snazzy posters of Labadi and La Palm.
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