Ghana

[Chris P]

Hi everyone, well I had such a blast (several blasts, in fact!) on my last trip, that I'm heading back in a couple of months. I'm thinking of staying at Niagara Hotel. How's the nightclub attached? Also, did any of you guys ever use the day pass at Labadi Beach Hotel, to visit and use the pool, health club, etc? Anyone know the deal with that?

I'm thinking of heading over to Cape Coast for a couple of days, maybe stay at Hans Botel (WTF is a botel BTW?) Any info on that place, good or bad?

If anyone will be around and fancy heading out for some beers and babes then drop me an I'm.

And now, last but most certainly not least. I found some pics of the magnificently-breasted Jokers babe! Man, that place was fun. An expensive addiction, but most definitely worth hitting once (or maybe twice.) in a stay. SE Asia may have cheaper flights and better infrastructure, but you just can't find shapes like these!

[Living Abroad]

How much was the tip at Elegance? .

50 cedis for the massage, double if your ends are happy

[Simian]

So I went by Elegance Spa. .Nothing else on offer. And not exactly cheap. The massage was excellent, so at least it wasn't a total loss. I should have asked for patrica.

How much was the tip at Elegance?

Some time ago I went to the massage place inside the beach area. Not the same as Elegance which I have not tried yet. The most expensive massage was listed as Ghc130 but when I turned to walk out it went to Ghc 80. Turned out it was massage with two ladies. Extras were offered which were not exactly clear but was said to be naked BJ with both ladies at Ghc70 tip each. Needless to say, I turned it down and offered Ghc 30 for BJ each. We arrived at no agreement and I got a shoddy HJ. Left a tip of GHC 20 between both of them. They did not complain.

Walked around the La Beach area for a while. It was still daylight but I did not like the vibe. Too much pressure, too many people calling out to me. Felt I was under observation. Got invited to sit at a few tables but I know what that means. You pay the bill for the food and alcohol for everyone.

[Master Yoda]

Hi,

Forgive my typing set ups please. We'll Mr Yoda with your vast experience I agree with you to a certain level. Economies and technologies are part, but and I repeat But it is not the reason behind the gals to have more than a partner at a go. Yes life necessities have changed in the last two decades hence the demand for more extras has gone up too,

What I said is the main reason. Yes there maybe individual reasons for different reasons. Like he cheated on her first, or whatever. But the main reason is economics. Its not part of the reason, it is the reason. This is an excerpt from a study done on Ghanaian sexuality. Its been posted here before somewhere.

"From the onset, it is necessary to distinguish between sexual exchange and prostitution in Ghanaian sexual culture. These two practices are often misunderstood by outsiders, who consider them as the same. Sexual exchange, a recent phenomenon, is a socially acceptable and pervasive practice in which sexual relationships, both premarital and extramarital, are contracted for material recompense. While implicit pecuniary gains underline the relationship, it is worth noting that in sexual exchange material rewards, especially money, are not given directly after sexual intercourse, as is the case with prostitution. The giving and receiving of gains is separate from the act of coitus. A girl is likely to be offended for being thought a prostitute, if she is given money immediately after sexual intercourse. Unlike prostitution, in sexual exchange it is not the sexual act that is rewarded, but the relationship."

Now yes this does happen in other countries to some degree BUT its alot bigger in Ghana. Those africans living in america or the west are bad examples because they have already been "westernized".

but in the early stages before the eighties and the implementations of some laws, the child who will inherit the man if there is no writing will is / are his nephew / s. Why because he knows for sure the child is his sisters, she delivered him, his child can be somebody's. This was a tradition or a law.

And rightly so. It is the culture of those people. We as europeans (or americans) haven't a right to dictate to them how they should change their locals laws or how the local kings should change their laws. This is traditional law. The man is the king, the woman respects her husband.

You are talking about one tribe which is the Akans (Ashantis, Akuapim, Kwaiwhu etc etc). They are a matrilineal people. This is the reason why the first son of a mans sister inherits the mans wealth (nephew) but this was not always the case provided a written will was in place. Its no different from when a man puts together a trust fund to protect his future childrens wealth or a will to make sure that whom ever he wants to have certain property, gets that property.

[Living Abroad]

Went to Labadi Beach yesterday to relax and do some talent spotting. Elegance Spa is at the entrance to the public beach and a pretty thing gave me a hand-out (wish it was a hand-job) advertising their services. I have had a few quickies there over the months using Patricia and got her to visit me a few times at my place. There are always ladies sitting outside in the daylight hours and they seem reasonable lookers. The place itself is a bit basic but adequate for a few minutes of naughty fun.

So I went by Elegance Spa. Needed a good massage and thought I'd see what else they had on offer. I'm guessing it is a bit the luck of the draw. I ended up with a woman who was pretty conservative. Open to a happy ending, but absolutely no touching. Nothing else on offer. And not exactly cheap. The massage was excellent, so at least it wasn't a total loss. I should have asked for patrica.

[Drive]

Hi,

Forgive my typing set ups please. We'll Mr Yoda with your vast experience I agree with you to a certain level. Economies and technologies are part, but and I repeat but it is not the reason behind the gals to have more than a partner at a go. Yes life necessities have changed in the last two decades hence the demand for more extras has gone up too, but in the early stages before the eighties and the implementations of some laws, the child who will inherit the man if there is no writing will is / are his nephew / s. Why because he knows for sure the child is his sisters, she delivered him, his child can be somebody's. This was a tradition or a law.

[Master Yoda]

Hi The greek.

I like to exchange idea with my fellow european friends on how things work in africa. All that I am saying is not absolute by any means its just my experiences. Your experience may different to mine for a variety of reasons. Maybe your younger or better looking than me.

My experience come from living in West Africa and traveling / living in those countries. I am in the sugar trade as well as other commodites. So I see things and I get around. I have been to a few francophone countries and anglophone ones.

The Key to what you said about your Ghanaian lady was that it was 25 years ago. The Ghana of 25 years ago is different from the Ghana of today. 25 years ago Ghana was for the most part Marxist / Socialist country. There were hardly foreigners around, There was no capitalism, slightly less corruption, more discipline and crime was dealt with severely. It was very much police state type of place. There was hardly the kind of prostitution you see today. Women were different, more conservative, more marriageable. They were way more submissive because if your a foreigner getting her out of Ghana she better worship the ground you walk on. They weren't as deceptive, They were more feminine, they treated their men way way way better than today. Guys here think women treat men great in Ghana. I wish you were here in the early 90's. I first came to Ghana in 1993 but my business in sugar began in 2008). It was very different then. Chicks dare not trying and play games back then, not from fear but respect.

Now in Ghana, foreign men are a dime a dozen to the attractive women, there is what is suppose to be a democracy, its become capitalist and people have tasted or seen what foreign investment can do, they feel more confident and the want to try and copy the likes of america and britain or the MTV types of women. Notice the stupid hair styles when your in the clubs. More feminist bullshit. Women are now riding the cock carusel for what they can get and enjoy it at the same time. They want to taste the sexual freedom that is going on in anglosaxon countries. They want to be independent but want easy quick money.

[The Greek]

Dear gents,

Sorry for my naivety but I really don't get it. Why everyone strongly recommends / is strongly against taking a Ghanain (or possibly any other African woman) back to your "1st world" country?

Please help me understand.

Thanks!

[Master Yoda]

If you stopped reading at the part where you made the fonts bold you missed the main part which was "If you find the right one (and you are with her constantly LOL)". Hence the word constantly. From your experiences though you are in the prime position to warn anybody thinking about being a captain.

. Thanks mate

[Sure Thing]

Even though it must sound like I think badly about Ghanian women, I believe out of all african woman Ghanian women are at the top when it comes to how they treat their men. If you find the right one (and you are with her constantly LOL).

If you stopped reading at the part where you made the fonts bold you missed the main part which was "If you find the right one (and you are with her constantly LOL)". Hence the word constantly. From your experiences though you are in the prime position to warn anybody thinking about being a captain.

[Master Yoda]

There are exceptions but I would have to agree some Ghanaian women are deceptive.

LOL Repeat after me: MOST not SOME Ghanaian women are deceptive. Keep saying this 10 times a day until it properly sears in.

I also know a Ghanaian guy who now is an American citizen that married a girl from village he grew up in only for her to announce she only married him to get to the US. Marriage ended before even a year had passed.

Wait to hear my story mate. I was getting really serious with this one bird in Accra. Got the engagement ring and everything. Only for her to turn around and date this other guy. She then comes back months later and claims that he and her are no longer an item and that its over. Only for me to find out on her facebook page that she is engaged to this guy and ready to marry him after telling me it was over. Well she married the guy alright and had the audacity to try and call me later. But I blocked her calls. I just didn't want to hear it. I kept the engagement ring as a reminder never to fall that hard for a Ghanaian woman again.

Funny thing is the day I found out what she did to me I went out to a bar to get a little tipsy and try and forget everything. Well as it turns out a friend of mine was there too and I told him about my story. He laughed and told me the story of a mutual friend of ours who had a story a lot worse than mine. After I heard how bad his was, I felt alot better. In his case his fiance fucked a guy right outside his house. And the guy heart was broken. He hasn't been the same since. These are Ghanaian men. Don't play with these women.

If you need a release then keep them as short term flings. Not long term. If you want a more medium term and the sex is good then get her an apartment where you can come by when you travel and fuck. Then leave.

If after my advice you still have want to go long term and have a relationship then keep her in that country and don't bring her to the west. Just marry her and get her and place and keep her there. Its a bad idea to even consider bringer her abroad.

Just so you know. my chick was not a pro. she worked for the ghana government. so she was not poor but she was not rich. she came from a so called respectable family. she had a job. there was no sneaking around for this prostitution stuff.

[The Greek]

I stopped reading this post right on this sentence. Indeed you probably don't have the same extensive experience I do when it comes to Ghanaian women. I have lived here on and off for like 6 years. Ghanaian women are not the best. I'll reserve that spot for the francophone women.

Let me explain to you so that you understand true Ghanaian culture.

Ghanaian women are very very deceptive. I know alot of people will say "yeah but all women are the same". Not true in my opinion. Different cultures breed different women. In the case of Ghana they are a country with solid traditional values trying to copy Anglo-American / Anglosaxon female hypergamy. They copy the likes of rhianna, nicki minaj blindly. They are trying to copy their Afro-American sister and at the same time try and appease their traditional culture. The result is that traditionalism thrown out the window in place of female hypergamy, ultra materialism and feminism. It's funny how women here actually think they are indepedent yet all their income is coming from some foreigner or rich guy somewhere. Yet the make out like they are independent or they have the ability to be so. I laugh some times when Ghanaian women talk like this. At least Afro Americans take 2 jobs and try to better their family if they have to but this is just too funny...

Master Yoda,

Thank you for your valuable insight and immediate response. Please allow me to play the devil's advocate.

My main experience 25+ years- long with Francophones is by living as a student in Belgium and visiting over the years that country for work. I had several opportunistic encounters with all sort of women, single or not, any age and socioeconomic background, mainly form Ivory Coast, Congo and Cameroon. And yes, they all will talk about God, they all will fuck immediately, almost all of them were or willing to be exceptionally kinky in trying almost anything, and I never met one who will object to the idea of having a 2nd girl joining us in bed. Most of them after a few times will demand gifts (no money) , and a lot of them will have the expectation that you should marry them after fucking 7-8 times.

Friends I also had working at NGOs in 'French' Africa had similar experiences.

My experience in Abidjan. The person I dated, she basically brought all her cousins and friends so me to fuck them. Have the same experience repeated with another Abidjani lady.

So, I am a bit surprised to read that you consider the Francophone to be the best. Is my experience that different from you and other people in the forum?

I felt in love with a Ghanaian classmate 25 years ago but it didn't work out between me and her. I can't generalize that all Ghanaian are deceitful. At least not based on my experience yet. Sure, I have met real scammers, sure the Accra Mall is full of women who will fuck you for pizza and a pair of shoes or some other clothing item. But as I said, I have rarely been asked for money or any other commodity contribution. As I said, my experience has been usually with 30+ poor or low income coming from a middle class background. So that makes me "question" your comment on middle class been the worst.

I am also wondering if deceitfulness is a common attribute to female behavior in all places where women do not have a strong presence. French women are like that. Actually all women around the Mediterranean are like that.

Will I marry a westerner again? Hell no! While I marry an African (so she could get a visa to US or Europe)? I can't honestly say a definite yes, but as women, they do feel more pleasant, a lot more pleasant to be with.

Irrelevant: My experience with Kenyan and Nigerian women at least here in western countries is basically similar to Francophones. Very opportunistic and permiscious (I had experienced myself or seen it a woman squeezing someone's privates or even putting his penis in her mouth while the boyfriend / husband is in another room even with their kids.) (ok I had interesting colleauges)

[Jiggydus]

I stopped reading this post right on this sentence. Indeed you probably don't have the same extensive experience I do when it comes to Ghanaian women. I have lived here on and off for like 6 years. Ghanaian women are not the best. I'll reserve that spot for the francophone women.

Let me explain to you so that you understand true Ghanaian culture.

Ghanaian women are very very deceptive. I know alot of people will say "yeah but all women are the same". Not true in my opinion. Different cultures breed different women. In the case of Ghana they are a country with solid traditional values trying to copy Anglo-American / Anglosaxon female hypergamy. They copy the likes of rhianna, nicki minaj blindly. They are trying to copy their Afro-American sister and at the same time try and appease their traditional culture. The result is that traditionalism thrown out the window in place of female hypergamy, ultra materialism and feminism. It's funny how women here actually think they are indepedent yet all their income is coming from some foreigner or rich guy somewhere. Yet the make out like they are independent or they have the ability to be so. I laugh some times when Ghanaian women talk like this. At least Afro Americans take 2 jobs and try to better their family if they have to but this is just too funny.

So Now a girl will need more than one boyfriend. The asshole that is stupid enough to send money and the other handsome muscular young guy perforates her pink love hole whilst the other moron sends money. This happens to certain degrees in all cultures but in Ghana its quite extreme. And if your an outsider, you'll never fully understand the women.

Middle class girls are the same or even worse. Your best bet is to have short term flings and not bother with silly long term relationships. Your only fooling yourself. Not saying all Ghanaian women are like that but like my ghanaian brother said "your more likely to see a unicorn in your back yard then to find an honest ghanaian woman". He was being extreme but I believe it will be hard.

There are exceptions but I would have to agree some Ghanaian women are deceptive. I returned from there last month visiting a few of the exceptions but I did run into one Afro chick that told me she makes all of 400 GHC a month at her job but had no problem hopping into a taxi cab to come a distance to meet me. Imagine if I would not have paid the cab fare of 20 GHC! She looked a club working girl and I cut my losses after one drink. I also know a Ghanaian guy who now is an American citizen that married a girl from village he grew up in only for her to announce she only married him to get to the US. Marriage ended before even a year had passed.

[Master Yoda]

I agree with you 100% percent. I feel bad for the guy because looks like he gave his all to the relationship and I'm pissed for him. One think you are also right about is she was truthful with the guy she was cheating with. Maybe she knew this guy could handle it I suppose? Stories like this pisses me off and I'm not even the guy.

Even though it must sound like I think badly about Ghanian women, I believe out of all african woman Ghanian women are at the top when it comes to how they treat their men. If you find the right one (and you are with her constantly LOL). My next trip is Kenya. I will be swinging back through soon. When I was on the bus ride to cape coast there were so many small town and village women who were knock dead gorgeous. No make up or fancy clothes just natural beauty. Their bodies were brick houses. It was many times I wanted to get off the bus in mid travel and offer these women what ever they needed for their time LOL. Yep, that's what I will do next time I'm back in Ghana.

I stopped reading this post right on this sentence. Indeed you probably don't have the same extensive experience I do when it comes to Ghanaian women. I have lived here on and off for like 6 years. Ghanaian women are not the best. I'll reserve that spot for the francophone women.

Let me explain to you so that you understand true Ghanaian culture.

Ghanaian women are very very deceptive. I know alot of people will say "yeah but all women are the same". Not true in my opinion. Different cultures breed different women. In the case of Ghana they are a country with solid traditional values trying to copy Anglo-American / Anglosaxon female hypergamy. They copy the likes of rhianna, nicki minaj blindly. They are trying to copy their Afro-American sister and at the same time try and appease their traditional culture. The result is that traditionalism thrown out the window in place of female hypergamy, ultra materialism and feminism. It's funny how women here actually think they are indepedent yet all their income is coming from some foreigner or rich guy somewhere. yet the make out like they are independent or they have the ability to be so. I laugh some times when Ghanaian women talk like this. At least Afro Americans take 2 jobs and try to better their family if they have to but this is just too funny.

So Now a girl will need more than one boyfriend. The asshole that is stupid enough to send money and the other handsome muscular young guy perforates her pink love hole whilst the other moron sends money. This happens to certain degrees in all cultures but in Ghana its quite extreme. And if your an outsider, you'll never fully understand the women.

Middle class girls are the same or even worse. Your best bet is to have short term flings and not bother with silly long term relationships. Your only fooling yourself. Not saying all Ghanaian women are like that but like my ghanaian brother said "your more likely to see a unicorn in your back yard then to find an honest ghanaian woman". He was being extreme but I believe it will be hard.

[NoWahalla]

Will also recommend the Stellar Lodge, it's behind the Planters on the next parallel road, they also have a good sports bar "Champs", rooms are good & GF, try to get a room on the higher floor (less noisy at night)

QUOTE=Jiggydus; 1505085]I have only made drive from Accra to Takoradi by private hired car which runs over $100 USD per day. The flights seem inexpensive but once in Takoradi, it would be better to rent a car than to use taxi since I have scored pickups that way. So driving from Accra or flying then hiring car might end up costing the same. Another option is you can take a big bus (cost less than private auto or airfare) but it is public transportation and thus the trip takes longer. It is a 4 hour drive from Accra to Takoradi under optimal traffic conditions. Also you lose latitude in stopping along the way to check out castles at Cape Coast or Coconut Grove hotel (I always stop there for late breakfast or early lunch and most celebrities stay there when visiting Ghana). Even less expensive is to go to Achimota bus station and hop on one of the long distance trotros. I hear the cost is about 10 GHC but I would not recommend. It is common to read about those having fatal accidents. My life is worth more than 90 or 200 GHC, which is what you will save by taking that risk.

All hotels in Takoradi are girl friendly. Just find online and choose one that fits your budget. I have walked from Planters Lodge and Raybow to the Vienna night club. Others you have to drive to get to them. I don't know of hotels near this other night club but Vienna is where everyone goes and there are multiple good restaurants nearby like Captain Hooks and Acroma Plaza.

The market is also nearby and affords interesting opportunities. If you are seeking to go economy, it may be best to stay in Accra or head to Kumasi. If you have some cash to burn (the hotels in Takoradi cost over $100 USD per night) , then go the option that affords you greatest flexibility. I would not want to rely on public transportation to either get to or around in Takoradi. Sure, some guys have been fortunate enough to score a hookup from the bus trip, but that is luck of the draw. More opportunities will present themselves if you have ability to stop and approach.[/QUOTE]