On the evening of Nancy's birth we decided to go into Takoradi for dinner. We had 8 people with us and had researched a nice place online (not easy to find much info on Takoradi online or in guide books). We were a little nervous because it is a long walk to the port entrance, it was dark and then we were going to have to find a tro-tro (mini-bus) or 2 taxis (with no meters). We were determined to find a place to celebrate so we all started walking. Well, a man p...

Welcome to Ghana! We arrived in Takoradi, Ghana this morning at 7:00am. The pilot boat led us into the port through a maze of other ships and then the immigration officials came on to check our paperwork and all 700 or so passports. WHEW! That took them about 3 hours and then we set out for our twin city tour of Takoradi and Sekondi. Our guide today was Yaw. People of the Akan ethnic group receive their name based on what day of the week they were born. Our guid...