Macclesfields Finest - Africa Overland

Kumasi has some really picturesque countryside surrounding it, aswell as the monkey sanctuary there is Lake Bosumptwi to the south of the city. This is a sacred lake where no ‘enclosed’ boat can sail. This means that all the boats used by fishermen here are pretty basic flat logs with […]

After our little adventure with the monkeys we headed south to spend some time in the city of Kumasi. The road into the city is notoriously bad for traffic congestion aswell as people congestion, this is due to a huge market in the centre which overflows onto the streets almost everyday. I […]

Having lived in comparitive luxury in Tamale for a few days we hit the road to Kumasi, with the intention of stopping at a monkey sanctuary on the way to break up the journey. It was good to be back on the road and kind of unexpected too. Before leaving we stopped […]

We spent last night in the mechanics forecourt in a delicious part of town. The mechanics seemed fairly optimisitic about out little predicament, we were adamant that there was no hope but in surprisingly good spirits to have made it to Ghana. Once again we were to be slightly amazed by the […]

After saying our farewells to the jovial folk in the ‘Lord is My Shepherd Guesthouse’ we headed out on the road to Wa. The road was fairly rough but was the route used by all the local transport and so was well trodden. I was admiring the fistfulls of cash that you get […]