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Ghana Visa and Entry Requirments

One the things that could absolutely ruin your trip to Ghana would be forgetting your passport, and not having all the necessary documents for entry to Ghana like the Yellow Fever Vaccination card, and entry visa.

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How to Get Around Ghana Part 4: The Trotro

Welcome back or welcome for the first time to the series of posts on How to Get Around Ghana. We have covered walking, riding a bike, taking the taxi and now we will look at using the Trotro to get … Continue reading

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How to Get Around Ghana Part 3: Taxi Cab

This is the third installment of the series about “How to Get Around Ghana,” you can read part 1 about walking and part 2 about riding a bike.  Keep an eye out for future installments. When traveling in Ghana it … Continue reading

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Be aware, smoking in public in Ghana has been banned

In a previous blog post I talked about traveler’s etiquette when traveling to Ghana. One of the things that I brought up is that smoking in public or around Ghanaians is usually frowned upon and you will usually get nasty looks or … Continue reading

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Wanderer Wednesday #9: The benefits of using a Guide in Ghana

I am one of those very independent people that loves to find my own solutions to problems and navigate my own way through different situations and scenarios. Because of this I can very much understand the mentality of the independent … Continue reading

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Wander Wednesday #5: Ghana Travel Etiquette Continued

Last week I started a post on Wanderer Wednesday about travel Etiquette for Ghana. We went over a number things to consider, like how you dress, not using your left hand, greeting people, smoking in public, visiting the chief, and … Continue reading

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Wanderer Wednesday #1: Water, the traveler’s dilemma

Often some of the greatest off the beaten path places to travel do not have the same water standards as we are used to in the US or the Western world and our digestive systems are not accustomed to handle … Continue reading

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