Travellingman reisverhalen - - Accra - Shai Resource Reserve
Day 42: 12 maart 2006
Accra - Shai Resource Reserve

Again I woke up early. I really got adapted to this daily routine. It's just that a day starts around 6 to 6.30 am and ends around 7 to 8 pm. After a shower I packed my luggage and sat outside. I talked to one of the brothers who run the hotel. The hotel was started by his father, but he was getting old and wanted to quit with the hotel. The brother I spoke did not really wanted to take over the hotel. He would like to do some additional agricultural studies and become a farmer. Quit a difference to the city life

Around 9 am Emmanuel came to pick me up. We drove to Shai Resource Reserve. After we left Accra, the road to Tema and further on was of good quality, so we good travel pretty fast. Around 10 am I already left with a guide to walk in the wildlife area. We drove from the main entrance to another entrance about 6 kilometers further on. We drove to a hill which is the highest point in this 52 km² large park. It was a relative easy climb. On the way we saw a green Mamba and nice trees. Once at the top of the hill we had a good view at the park, which I enjoyed. After 20 minutes we walked down again. Sometimes we stopped, hoping to see some monkeys, but we didn't.

After we were back at the car, where Emmanuel was waiting for us, we drove back to the main entrance. On the way we saw some Kob (Antelope) I paid the fee and we went to the Shai Hotel. This was the only place around where I could stay. It was relative expensive. I had to pay 200.000 cedi (20 euro) for a self contained room. After I settled down I relaxed and did some reading. Later this afternoon I watched TV. There was not much to see, so I watched a football match. The field was bad, so were the teams. Compared to European football, this was just a laugh.

After dinner at the (open air) restaurant I listened to some music and went to sleep.

Initial publication: 14 augustus 2008
Last update: 25 april 2010
© A. Heeroma

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Mali - Ghana 2006 tour
ğDay 17 Bamako - Accra
ğDay 18 Accra
ğDay 19 Accra
ğDay 20 Accra - Ho
ğDay 21 Ho (Tafi Atome - Wli fall)
ğDay 22 Ho - Koforidua
ğDay 23 Koforidua - Bonfobiri
ğDay 24 Bonfobiri - Kumasi
ğDay 25 Kumasi
ğDay 26 Kumasi - Kintampo
ğDay 27 Kintampo - Bui National Park
ğDay 28 Bui National Park
ğDay 29 Bui National Park - Mole
ğDay 30 Mole
ğDay 31 Mole
ğDay 32 Mole - Tamale
ğDay 33 Tamale - Sunyani
ğDay 34 Sunyani
ğDay 35 Sunyani
ğDay 36 Sunyani - Ankasa Resource
ğDay 37 Ankasa Resource
ğDay 38 Ankasa Resource - Elmina
ğDay 39 Elmina - Gold Coast
ğDay 40 Cape Coast - Accra
ğDay 41 Accra
ğDay 42 Accra - Shai Resource Reserve
ğDay 43 Shai Resource Reserve - Aburi
ğDay 44 Aburi
ğDay 45 Aburi
ğDay 46 Aburi
ğDay 47 Aburi - Accra
ğDay 48 Accra
ğDay 49 Accra - home!

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