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10-15-14 11:30 #3596
Posts: 862For the Fortunate Expats in Ghana
Hello Dudes,
I am out of Ghana since two years.
I am curious to know the impact of the Ebola outbreak in Ghana on our sport.
Is it still possible to pick-up a regular girl and within a couple of hours to finish on the bed?
Are average people scary?
Let us know!
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10-15-14 11:25 #3595
Posts: 862For Simian and All
Originally Posted by Simian [View Original Post]
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...***_Accra.html
We must always select attentively our guests!
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10-01-14 17:46 #3594
Posts: 367Reports of a British guy who was apparently killed and robbed at Paloma Hotel last Sunday are only coming in today. His throat was cut and his briefcase was broken into and there was apparently signs of a struggle.
Info is sketchy but apparently the hair of a woman was found at the scene and is being analysed.
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09-28-14 20:07 #3593
Posts: 1044I was just there last week and can confirm Vienna and Champs are both open. Champs has a 20-cedi entry fee, but they give you vouchers which you can redeem at the bar for the same amount. Quite a good idea IMO as it stops goofy losers stinking up the joint.
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09-26-14 21:18 #3592
Posts: 840Thanks for your feedback, Simian.
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09-25-14 20:04 #3591
Posts: 156Originally Posted by Lonely566 [View Original Post]
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09-25-14 16:22 #3590
Posts: 367Originally Posted by Loso69 [View Original Post]
Aquarius (german bar in Osu) closed a few years ago and as far as I know has never reopened.
I think that Vienna is open but unsure of its exact status.
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09-24-14 22:33 #3589
Posts: 840Closed?
According to Google maps, Vienna, Aquarius & Champs Sports Bar are permanently closed. Can anyone confirm?
Loso
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09-05-14 13:13 #3588
Posts: 150My Ghana baby
I tried to load photo here, my first time, think I failed and may have viloated policy in process. I have a bunch of nice vids I'd like to post but teck / brain incompatibility becoming insurmountable. Sad face. Lonely.
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09-02-14 11:32 #3587
Posts: 367Originally Posted by TheGreek [View Original Post]
Yes, Cholera is not known as a sexually transmitted disease (although it could arguably be transmitted via some kinds of sexual activities. Use your imagination).
I too have heard the statistics you quote that were put out by the Ghana government but I am very sceptical of them. There is a history of governments either downplaying the stats (especially through reclassification of the condition as something else) or of not being effective in gathering all the stats. Based on what I have heard from people who have been to the big teaching hospital in Accra and the military hospital, I would be surprised if the hospital mortality rate is not much higher. Certainly the gathering of stats of cases that did not make it to a health centre or hospital would be much worse. There will be cases in the villages where people die and are buried but not captured in the stats as victims of cholera.
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09-01-14 19:36 #3586
Posts: 112Cholera in Ghana
Originally Posted by Simian [View Original Post]
Thanks for bringing up the Cholera 'alert' for Ghana. My 2 cents.
1st. Just a clarification: the cholera vaccine does not provide complete protection. For example, it does not protect against all strains of cholera. Therefore, it is still important that you should be careful with regard to what you eat and drink in the usual way.
2nd. It has only a 2- year lifetime.
3rd. It is not sexually transmitted.
4th. As of a week ago, 67 people died- 5000 infected: http://www.ibtimes.com/ghana-cholera...ls-say-1666994.
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08-29-14 11:42 #3585
Posts: 367Originally Posted by Wolvenvacht [View Original Post]
The problem now is that Ebola is running an epidemic in urban and semi-urban areas in those countries in West Africa but with a population and an economy devastated by war (Liberia and Sierra Leone) with all the problems you would expect, such as low levels of medical care, very little quality education, bad infrastructure and building quality, overcrowding, malnutrition etc etc. When they blockade a slum, the people cannot get access to their work or to the markets for food.
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08-29-14 07:14 #3584
Posts: 2502Originally Posted by TheGreek [View Original Post]
Now we see many areas affected and a much larger number of people that can become infected, so I would not trust previous statistics anymore.
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08-29-14 01:44 #3583
Posts: 367Originally Posted by TheGreek [View Original Post]
The Red Alert is dated August 11. To put it in context, Ireland had a suspected case of Ebola since then, about a week ago, that turned out not to be Ebola. So should everyone stay away from Ireland?
The American who died in Ghana did not die of Ebola but of another illness with similar symptoms. The trouble is that many illness (including Malaria) are similar in symptoms to Ebola. Just because someone has "Ebola symptoms" means nothing.
Ghana has an international standard lab for testing suspected Ebola cases (this lab is of WHO standard).
Every country with a government and a few people in key positions with brains will have briefings and strategy discussions about Ebola outbreak. Countries like the UK have had such discussions. I would guess that all European countries have had such discussion as have many African countries.
Currently, there are no flights from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea. I know quite a few people who are stranded as a result.
You are probably as safe in Ghana as in any African country. By the way the second most recent outbreak (a different version of Ebola virus) was in DRC. Previous to the West African outbreak was in Uganda in 2012.
Just to mix it up, there is currently a cholera outbreak in Accra. Bet you did not hear about that. But very few foreigners are affected because foreigners do not eat street or market food and are unlikely to be exposed to it.
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08-28-14 18:00 #3582
Posts: 36Selfies
Not in Accra at the moment and can't wait for a return trip. Probably as a tourist in the autumn.
Nearly all of the honeys I met earlier this year keep in touch. You guessed it. Asking for money.
The more enterprising send me lots of selfies showing me what I am missing.
These are two sets of selfies from my long-legged lusty Liberian lady friends in Accra. Enjoy.