Anyone around and any hotel tips?
Hi,
I will be in Accra from 16th May to end of the month (with a short trip in-between to Benin and Togo. Safe enough? I speak no French, will travel by bus and get Visa at the border) - anyone around to meet up? I have got a pipeline going via Tinder (although not had the time to start conversations).
Any tips on good hotels to stay in. Ideally in Osu and for around $USD25-30. Any other tips also welcome (feel free to PM me) - I will be there for almost 2 weeks so plenty of time to do and enjoy things.
Report to follow.
Thanks.
I plan to come to Ghana in September.
I plan to come to Ghana in September first time, so it will be nice to hang out with member from this forum. Just let me know.
Telephone + data providers.
[QUOTE=KuteGuy;2182592]I am traveling in Ghana and took up airtel prepay based on recommendation of the shop. Probably airtel pays the highest commission.
Please stay away from Airtel, I have never experienced a worse telecom provider. Friday night suddenly my mobile data would not work. I had to top-up again (even though I still had almost 1 gb of data allowance). I went to the Airtel shop in Oxford street mall. With only two peeps in front of me, I had to wait a long time. The Airtel person said everything was fine with my credit, etc and it should have all worked. I walked away with no new info.
Come Saturday night. Nothing worked! Not even normal phone or sms. I had big plans with peeps I had met, uber, etc. And I AM totally stuck! Again I have to walk into store on Oxford street and hope they are open on Sunday. This is ridiculous. My night is completely ruined.
Stay away from airtel. Mtn or vodafone can't be worse and they seem to have their own infrastructure so go with them. Mtn seems the most popular.[/QUOTE]MTN is reliable but too expensive. Avoid like heel surf line. Used to be excellent- now is way down the drain.
I use Vodafone. The daily specials (if you dial *530) can be very interesting. If you download their mobile up, they give you -at this moment in time- 1 gb for free. AirtelTigo is my 2nd choice with 2nd phone. You can buy a smartphone around 150 cedis from the circle. A double simmed one. Nothing great but will do the trick.
Finally if you have a 2nd sim (on the same phone or not) now you can install 2 whatsapp apps on a single smart phone. The normal whatsapp and the business one. Give one to normal women and the other to pros or girls you want to avoid. So you know who is calling you / texting you.
If you stay long time, Busy internet can be a good option. Also Tigo used to have a 3 ple data the 1st 3 months that you buy a new sim from them. I did it and I used to get a new simcard every 3 months.
Finally if you are hotspotting, set your hotspot for 1 user (or as many as you need to) a lot of Ghanaians have apps that can connect to your wifi / hotspot by 'unclocking'/ breaking your hotspot password.
I hope that the later was not the case with you. Very common here in Accra (at least).
Looking for the best of all worlds.
All,
I love Accra and Ghana and am planning to stay through the fall and winter. I love the lady's but also love my NFL Green Bay Packers. Is there such a typical sports bar that specializes in televising the NFL games on Thursday, Sunday & Monday's. Hell I'll settle for just Sundays. Thinking like a typical sports bar here in the states with a dozen TV's all have a different game on. If so where do I go?