Ghana

[Simian]

Just surfing on Trip Advisor I have found this case, happened some months ago, similar to the one, reported by you.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...***_Accra.html

We must always select attentively our guests!

This is a very revealing post although I am surprised that it appeared on Trip Advisor. Not the usual review that you find on that website!

The girl could have been crazy but in fact I think that she was very calculating. She claims that she does not go with men for money although she asked whether he wanted her for the night or for the whole stay. She holds out the possibility for some fun until they got into the room, then invokes the "no sex on the first night" clause. All bad signs. Then she waits until HE is naked and asleep then hits him with the glass object and runs out without her stuff to allege to the receptionist that HE was trying to **** ****. She can claim that she had to run without her stuff because she was afraid.

I would love to know the outcome - the narrator does not make it clear - but I am guessing that the ending was far from happy. Most likely HE would have to pay up significantly more than the original 100 Cedis as "compensation. " If the cops are involved, HE will have to pay more. And perhaps she has a cop in her pocket.

There is more than a subtle difference between this case and the case of the guy found dead in Paloma. The chap in Paloma was found dead, apparently murdered by having his throat cut and HE was robbed. There is a difference between extortion and murder / robbery. And also the cops are highly likely not to be involved in such a murder.

This is one of the reasons why I tend to go for the very few massage places with extras. That and the fact that most African ladies want to chain you up as the boyfriend after just one shag, even those ladies who are hardened pros, although most of the hardened pros will deny they are even pros. Next thing you know they are either waiting for you outside your office or your apartment / house. That is why I always drop it into the conversation that I have a Ghanaian wife who is really tough and her brother is a senior policeman.

[Roman Guy]

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!

[Roman Guy]

Reports 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.

Just surfing on Trip Advisor I have found this case, happened some months ago, similar to the one, reported by you.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...***_Accra.html

We must always select attentively our guests!

[Simian]

Reports 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.

[Chris P]

I 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.

[Loso69]

Thanks for your feedback, Simian.

[Desert Sandman]

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.

Nice photo. Thanks for posting. Is she wearing a belly chain?

[Simian]

According to Google maps, Vienna, Aquarius & Champs Sports Bar are permanently closed. Can anyone confirm?

Loso

If we are talking about Accra, Champs bar closed and was "refurbished" and renamed Lexington. Lexington subsequently closed and the place has reopened under the old name, Champs. Champs bar is is in the Paloma Hotel compound. The last time I visited it, they wanted to charge me something like 20 Cedi entrance on a Sunday night. That might be to stop the folks who stay all night nursing a cheap bottle of water and taking up valuable space.

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.

[Loso69]

According to Google maps, Vienna, Aquarius & Champs Sports Bar are permanently closed. Can anyone confirm?

Loso

[Lonely566]

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.

[Simian]

Simian,

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.

You are absolutely correct about the vaccine. Most vaccines only provide protection for a certain known strain of a disease. People might be surprised to learn that the best Typhoid vaccine only provides 75% protection.

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.

[The Greek]

There is currently no Ebola in Ghana now. The nearest cases are at least two countries away.

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...

Simian,

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.

[Simian]

But all Ebola outbreaks previously happened in less densely populated areas and there were only one or at worst a few areas affected. In these circumstances, any epidemic tends to sizzle out after a while for lack of available hosts, either because they all died or because people wizened up and were taking the necessary precautions to avoid infection.

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.

Actually the previous statistics are about as good as you can get. They showed that because Ebola is so virulent in that it was killing such a high percentage of its victims so quickly, that caused it to "burn out" quickly as an epidemic (unlike, say HIV which leaves its victims alive but infectious for years). Also, it was easier to contain the virus by just isolating villages in DRC. Those who were well enough could go out to the fields and grow food.

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.

[Wolvenvacht]

Who knows. Based on previews statistics, it seems that an ebola outbreak has a 6 months "life" after it's peak. So in theory it could last till Christmas.

But all Ebola outbreaks previously happened in less densely populated areas and there were only one or at worst a few areas affected. In these circumstances, any epidemic tends to sizzle out after a while for lack of available hosts, either because they all died or because people wizened up and were taking the necessary precautions to avoid infection.

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.

[Simian]

Gentlemen,

To the best of my knowledge and search abilities, there has never been a ebola outbreak in Ghana. That said:

1. there is a Red Alert issued: http://saharareporters.com/2014/08/1...hana-red-alert.

2. Students at some summer university courses were sent home 2 weeks ago.

3. Accra Radio Joy FM announced on the 8th of August that there is an American who died at a hospital in Accra with ebola symptoms.

4. The US has committed to help Ghana in case of Ebola spread (google it).

5. Ghana Medical Group has briefed the Parliament on Ebola preparations.

That's all I know.

There is currently no Ebola in Ghana now. The nearest cases are at least two countries away.

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.