Adventures in Ghana ~ A Wife's Tale: October 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Return to Ghana - October 2011

If I had any thoughts of handling the taxi negotiations at the airport in Accra with aplomb on this, my fifth arrival in Ghana, I was sadly mistaken. In no time at all, I found myself in the midst of a screaming group of seven or eight drivers who insisted on taking me for a fare much more expensive than what I had expected to pay. When all was said and done, they clearly pointed out to me that I had make the mistake of saying I wanted to go to Abokobi - an area located a good distance from the airport - instead of requesting Abokobi Rd. which is about a ten minute drive to the Transit Lodge where I planned to say the night before my flight up to Tamale the next morning. It was as if I had asked a New York City cab driver to take me to Albany when I only meant to say something like Albany St. in Manhattan. In any event, Philip won the bid in the shouting match and took me on my way. Immersed in the usual bumper to bumper Accra traffic, I couldn't resist one of the numerous young men and women selling various items alongside the taxi window. Am now the proud owner of a Ghanaian "Recipe Book For All" which should come in handy. And, I'm back!