Ghana Q&A: Friendly People? Afrochella? Afronation? Group Travel? Would I Go Back?
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2020
- I went to Ghana for the Year of Return and had an amazing time! This Q&A series will answer your questions about my trip!
How are the people in Ghana?
Do they speak English in Ghana?
What are the best hotels in Ghana?
What to do in Ghana?
See my Ghana vlog series for info on where I stayed, my experience in Ghana, Afrochella 2019, Elmina, travel around Accra and more of Year of Return Ghana 2019: • Playlist
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A FEW CHANNELS TO CHECK OUT (but remember to watch as many videos as possible to get a well rounded idea of travel to Ghana)
Mark Wiens (he will make you hungry AF just so you know lol): / migrationology
A Thick Girl's Closet (she was in my group!) / athickgirlscloset
Vanessa Kanbi (she has TONS of great guides for hotels, etc. and also amazing vlogs. she's been going to Ghana since she was a child) / @vanessakanbi
Virtue Grace (she's a Nigerian who visited Ghana---has tons of insightful videos and also interviews people from Ghana) / @africanstoryteller
Passport Heavy (his videos are super high quality and are stunning to look at---his Ghana video look rich AF) / @passportheavy
There are also tons of other videos that will pop up in your recommended videos once you watch these. I watch a TON of CZcams and my history only went back so far....lol. But I definitely watched tons of other videos that happened to pop up in my recommended.
My entire trip was booked and curated by Gone 2 Ghana: tsabd.com/2SRN827. I heard about this because some of my blogger friends went last year and I said YOLO and booked my travel. Gone 2 Ghana booked everything: my flights, hotel, group transportation, activities, food, etc. All I did was pay my money and show up...lol. There were parts of the trip I would tweak had I done it on my own, but since planning trips is not my favorite thing, this was a good option for me.
What is the Year of Return? 2019 marked 400 years since the first enslaved Africans were taken from West Africa to the US. There was a call for those descendants to return "home" in 2019. This is one of the reasons why you saw so many of your fave Black celebrities and influencers in Ghana this December.
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Ghanaians are the most friendly and honest people on earth. That's the only country I go to on vacations. I took my lovely wife there back in 2007 for her first time when we were both in college and dating. Since then she has been there many times more than even Ghanians I know living in the NY/NJ area. The country is very peaceful and when my daughter was 3 years old I took her there for 6 months. She loved it and was pissed that we came back the time she had started picking up how to speak the local language. That's the country I want to retire, die and be buried at. I love Ghana.
Lol friendly, yes; honest- not so much
@@tvs9978 How many Ghanaians do you know?
@@multyz1 lol too many (I am Ghanaian)
@@tvs9978 What part of Ghana are you from?
@@multyz1 accra
Hospitality and friendliness is a huge part of the Ghanaian culture
Kelvin Quartey I see!!!
@@styleandbeautydoctor they are giving visas on arrival
There are a lot of Ghanaians in the USA and if you really want to enjoy Ghana make friends with Ghanaians where you live at. When you go to Ghana with Ghanaian friends you might be going back there every year.
This is the plan...lol. Already have a bunch I know already.
Lemme recommend places to visit in Ghana.
Lou moon resort (located at axim in the western region of Ghana ) it's literally heaven on Earth perfect for a birthday get away Paradise.
But if you want to stay in Accra best hotels are the kempinski, Marriott hotel,the mœvenpick, holiday inn etc. There are also Airbnb options and apartments for rent (check out the gallery apartments or kwarleyz)
For night life skybar, twist club, bloombar, lunar roof top,club onyx etc.
For dining :living room(chopbar), Coco lounge, papaye(Ghanaian style fried rice) ,azmeera(buffet style) etc.
Adventure : legon botanical gardens, treasure island ada, mole national park(elephants) ,Shai hills safari etc.
Shopping :Accra mall, achimota mall, west hills Mall ,marina mall, Oxford streets mall, junction mall, A&c mall etc.🤣🤣 Basically Accra is the Shanghai of africa so many malls .
Also waterfalls: boti falls, wli falls , kintampo falls etc.
And there are lots of mountains and forest reserves to hike .
Bare in mind that Ghana has 16 regions and each one of them comes with it's own adventure .
Thank you so much for this!!! Extremely helpful 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿❤️❤️❤️
@@styleandbeautydoctor you're welcome
Where were you I needed this information before I went maybe I would’ve had a better time. I’m going back though so I’ll have this information to refer back to. I also didn’t have the best tour guide so I’ll find a better one.
@@Untitled0752 glad my comment is helpful. You can learn more from passportheavy and Vanessa kanbi both CZcamsrs they provide a Ghana tourist guide.
As a west African I am very happy to see the initiative of the Ghanian government. I made a video about it and I’d love if things continue that way.
My opinion - I think the best way to enjoy Gh the most is to come with your Ghanaian friends in diaspora, if possible. You didn't enjoy night life all because you were controlled by your Travel Group Organizers. Nightlife in Ghana is TDB (Till Day Break) so we come out after Midnight till 5 or 6am. Besides you can move from club to club and find where you really want to enjoy. JFK - ACCRA with Delta is about 10hrs and is better than connection flights
g b I agree our tour guide was acting like Ghana was unsafe at night so we didn’t get the chance to go out and experience the night life
@@Untitled0752 I understand, because last yr we received several credible security alerts so they had to deploy more armed service personnel throughout the country so they were playing it safe with you guys. I believe subsequent visits would be different experience
@@Untitled0752 lol..seriously? Ghana is very safe and that's why my lovely wife love visiting there.
Side note: Your makeup is gorgeous! Thanks for taking the time to chat with us about your travels. These cultural experiences are priceless. I've watched your vlog and everyone looked so beautiful. Thanks again for sharing.🤗
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
Love the eye makeup. The blue is stunning!
Thank you for answering our questions. Again, thorough and entertaining commentary. Very glad I subscribed.
Orlonda Spencer-Williams yay thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for your honest and thorough review. It's obvious that you would be fun to travel with. I noticed you have Mark Wiens in your description box. He has the best job ever!!
Hazel L haha thanks! he really does! And his passion and pleasant demeanor make him really fun to watch!
Watched alot of your vlogs. Loved it and I'm looking forward to having you back in my country Ghana. 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Thank you!!! Thoroughly enjoyed myself!!!
@@styleandbeautydoctor who had her boobs come out of the bra in the pool?? I think in one of your vlogs 😂😂😂😂😂🙈🙈🙈🙈
Keep up the good work ❤
❤️❤️Very thorough and helpful!!!!
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Side note: the 💜💙violet eye 💙💜look is bomb!
Thank you, boo!!! 😘😘😘
I enjoyed your vlogs. Ghana is on my travel list. I have been to North Africa Egypt, Morocco but not the other countries.
Thank youuuu!!! ❤️❤️
Would like a tutorial on how to create your makeup look if possible....
Am glad you enjoyed your stay, next when you coming make it easter time and note you gonna be on the hills of (KWAHU) which is located in the eastern region of Ghana... You will never regret ROCK CITY HOTEL will be a place to stay when you visit KWAHU ... you can check rock city hotel on CZcams.... I think the hotel have the biggest underground club in the world.
Ghana is heaven on earth
It is 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
Gooottttt dman, I DID NOT know those shots cost like that... whoooo chile!
Crazy, right?!??
@@styleandbeautydoctor have you done your African Ancestry DNA?
Hey girl, hey!!! They got me for all those shots 😂😂😂 I don't remember taking all those shots when I went to 🇳🇬 oh well...I thought I would rather be safe than sorry and be very sick in another country. I would agree with a lot of your points...everyone needs to DO THEIR RESEARCH...I am definitely going back, just not with my same travel group for the same reason. I have a good friend that lives in Ghana, so I'll be latching on to her more on my next trip there. We did the direct flight to Ghana, and I could not have done the flight you all did. I'm pretty easy going on trips, and I try to go with the flow...oh that's another thing...I WILL NOT travel with the friend I did again. She made a lot of situations 😫uncomfortable...I will only travel with her domestically and for short trips. 😉
Cocoa AlmondJoy hey boo! Better to be safe than sorry of course! That money will come back to you tenfold 🙌🏿 Yeah girl, that flight LAWD. I’m having heart palpitations just thinking about it 😭
Lawd, what did that friend do?!?! Ugh some people just don’t know how to just chill 😩
What!A shortage of yellow fever shots in America of all places,over 400 dollars for a yellow fever shot and 85 dollars for a office visit!Many places to visit are Accra Zoo at Achimota Forest,Legon Botanical Gardens,Aburi Botanical Gardens,Aqua Safari Resort(most beautiful resort in Ghana)National Theatre,Accra Polo Club, etc,restaurants check out Gold Coast Bar and restaurant,Papaye,JamRock Restaurant(Ghanaian Jamaican)and so many others
WHAT?!!! YELLOW FEVER SHOT IS GOOD FOR LIFE!!! CHALE YOU HAVE BLESSED ME TOOODDAAAYYY!!!!!!!!
cindy elbah yesss make sure you have your paperwork to prove you have it!
This is incredible news! Thank you for sharing! I immediately got up to find my immunization card in my old passport.
Alisha haha yasssss
I went to Trinidad carnival 2018 & contracted yellow fever. It’s one of the wildest flus I’ve ever had. Shit had me hallucinating & seeing scary things in my head 🤣. No fam. And that’s with me fighting it BEFORE it took hold!
Next time come to Angola u look beautiful nice skin u look afrikan
KLM airlines and try booking direct with the guesthouses or hotels
I'm staying in a guesthouse which is like a small boutique hotel and the service and cleanliness is faultless
10 nights deluxe double room £200 Inc breakfast
That's at the roseleat guesthouse very safe very great staff and they made my trip special as helpful with telling me about safe places to visit and helped with not getting ripped off even though my bf is Ghanaian
God bless you
You are lucky not getting one bite first time I went only got 2 little bites 2nd time wow wet season I got eaten
Mosquitoes don't like air conditioning or the sea side
Very beautiful lady.Good job.
So what travel advisory did you use to go to Ghana
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In Ghana yellow fever shot is less than $5
Samuel Twum wooooow!
You can try Buka Restaurant when you come back
Samuel Twum I did try it! It’s in one of my vlogs ❤️
I also ate at Buka Restaurant but the restaurant was out of waakye and kenkye when we went. I wasn’t able to try these on this trip 😩
@@sincerelyajg5067 aww sorry. Come back soonest and I'll personally cook waakye for you. For real🇬🇭🇬🇭💪
Grownup taste buds rock lol
Haha yasssss
Ghana has traditionally been one of the safest and most peaceful countries in Africa. I live in Houston and in the oil and gas industry. Ghana will be unrecognizable in the next 15 to 20 years once Petronia city and Marina drive and few other projects are completed! check out czcams.com/video/1GaCRHW4Rns/video.html and czcams.com/video/28lxx2jGqOE/video.html
Hi how long is does the yellow fever vaccination last i want to visit ghana this year
3 years.
Correction. 10 years but you have to get a booster after 3 years
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They are giving visas on arrival
Yes, I mentioned that 😉
I know a group of ladies that planned to go to Ghana and their travel “arranger” (I won’t say agent) booked their excursions but not their travel and accommodations. 😕needless to say they missed their trip. Still trying to work out the legal entanglements. 😫
char90303 WHAAAAAT?!?!?! How was that not cleared up early on? Yikes 😓
Pls do you have an Instagram or twitter account? Want to connect
Samuel Twum yes links in my bio!
Sounds good to me as I never liked that “sir” and “ma’am” talk. 🙄
You know I get angry when people think Africa is all about insects and lions and leopard walking in the streets waiting to pounce. Please to all those ignoramus it's not like that.
Samuel Twum it’s because of how the media here in the US portrayed Africa for the longest! But you see how they do-they separate us in slavery and then make it look like home is nothing but flies and famine. All of it a plan. But I’m so happy that people are seeing all the sides and various experiences to be had on the continent.
@@styleandbeautydoctor I know right. Control the media control the world
Samuel Twum sadly that’s the case. They will try SO hard to do it again when they see how many of us in the diaspora are connecting with people on the continent. They are never late with that mess.
@@styleandbeautydoctor you know our president I mean Ghana president has Launched the 10 year plan dubbed "Beyond the return" and has issued a 3 billion dollar bond for the diaspora to invest in Ghana. Gold, Tourism, name it.
Samuel Twum haha I love that you said our president at first lol. I love that! I’ll definitely be back for sure.
The government banished the unfriendly people 🤣🤣🤣
Kelvin Quartey lmaoooo am I lying? 😭😭 I ran into ZERO unfriendly people lol
@@styleandbeautydoctor that's how we are so welcoming
Kelvin Quartey I love it!