Question for Accra veterans
Question for those of you actually in Accra or who have visited Accra recently: how is the mosquito situation in Accra?
I have heard that Yellow Fever vaccine is mandatory. How likely is it to be able to bribe your way out of that requirement upon entry? Is this a foolish proposition? Are mosquitoes an issue even in the capital?
For BPalacio. Mosquitos Issue
[QUOTE=BPalacio;2869208]Question for those of you actually in Accra or who have visited Accra recently: how is the mosquito situation in Accra?
I have heard that Yellow Fever vaccine is mandatory. How likely is it to be able to bribe your way out of that requirement upon entry? Is this a foolish proposition? Are mosquitoes an issue even in the capital?[/QUOTE]First of all, it is almost impossible to obtain an entry-visa without yellow fever vaccination certificate. It is also difficult to appear at the checkpoint at the airport or by road and attempt to enter Ghana without the yellow booklet. Passing the checkpoint, have the booklet with you in your pockets and not in the luggage that perhaps is not travelling with you. At the check-in, it can happen that the company doesn't allow you inside aircraft without the yellow booklet. Mind that the mosquitos may hide themselves inside the cabine too.
Yes, in Accra there are mosquitos but there are also several ways to avoid punctures. The major risk is not yellow fever, because you should be vaccinated: it is malaria.
Anopheles has nighttime habits, loves dark environments, humidity and when indoor, prefers to spend the time on curtains, wardrobes, draws, bathrooms. It dislikes air in motion so keep always air co. on or a fan. Mosquitos enter a room through door or windows. Keep your window shut and control that the mosquito net has no hole. Keep the door open just for the time necessary to enter or exit.
When you get the room in your hotel, spray immediately insecticide using care of curtains, corners, bathroom, underbed. Carry it from home.
If it is no problem for you, eat onions, it helps.
Before leaving your hotel, spray attentively your body with a mosquito repellent and repeat the operation every 6 hours. Shake your cloth before wearing. If you visit parks, ponds or even in the city after a rainfall use repellent very frequently.
At the first symptom like painful joints, headache, fever, unmotivated fatigue, cold sweat and above all shivering, rush to a pharmacy and request antimalaria tablets and begin the treatment that lasts 3 or 4 days. Later in your country you will provide a blood test in order to detect plasmodium residues.
I have been 12 times in Ghana and never got sick but in Nigeria I got malaria, because of lack of electricity.
That's all.
Thanks for all the advice!
Thanks again MysteryOcean, Smallworld21 and BPalacio for all your advice! After getting over my excitement of all the gorgeous women as escorts and on Afrointroductions, I used Google lens on some of them and at least 20 - 30% of the photos are lifted from other places, which is disappointing! As friends / girlfriends I prefer to meet people in person and not online, but I do enjoy the odd clear-cut hooker experience from online. But it seems that that's not really the Ghana way?
One thing I also heard is that timekeeping there is practically non-existent, so if you arranged to meet a lady say at 2 pm and she shows up at 4 pm at your place, this this would be a bummer for sexual encounters anyway for me! Would that be the same if you agreed to meet someone socially say in a mall at 2 pm?
This guy is always chatting to chicks at the university. But do you reckon these are set ups, ie the chicks are dropped in there? Because some of them are far too hot looking to just be passing by. Where is that University anyway? A good place for a gringo to just wander around looking for dates?
[URL]https://youtube.com/watch?v=loZ3eH6147A&si=WzHRW0eWV1gDwI-s[/URL]
If you hook up with a regular chick who's expecting some compensation for sex, although she doesn't directly ask, how do you go about it? I mean say you screw some chick, and afterwards she expects you to give her a million Cedi but you only want to give her 300 K for example. It's for reasons like those that I like a clear cut hooker experience sometimes.
Thanks again guys 😊.
For Coupe66. Money Compensation and Timekeeping
[QUOTE=Coupe66;2870211]Thanks again MysteryOcean, Smallworld21 and BPalacio for all your advice! After getting over my excitement of all the gorgeous women as escorts and on Afrointroductions, I used Google lens on some of them and at least 20 - 30% of the photos are lifted from other places, which is disappointing! As friends / girlfriends I prefer to meet people in person and not online, but I do enjoy the odd clear-cut hooker experience from online. But it seems that that's not really the Ghana way?
One thing I also heard is that timekeeping there is practically non-existent, so if you arranged to meet a lady say at 2 pm and she shows up at 4 pm at your place, this this would be a bummer for sexual encounters anyway for me! Would that be the same if you agreed to meet someone socially say in a mall at 2 pm?
This guy is always chatting to chicks at the university. But do you reckon these are set ups, ie the chicks are dropped in there? Because some of them are far too hot looking to just be passing by. Where is that University anyway? A good place for a gringo to just wander around looking for dates?
[URL]https://youtube.com/watch?v=loZ3eH6147A&si=WzHRW0eWV1gDwI-s[/URL]
If you hook up with a regular chick who's expecting some compensation for sex, although she doesn't directly ask, how do you go about it? I mean say you screw some chick, and afterwards she expects you to give her a million Cedi but you only want to give her 300 K for example. It's for reasons like those that I like a clear cut hooker experience sometimes.
Thanks again guys 😊.[/QUOTE]As for the money compensation, I seek information about the so called local 'step of happiness' for girls enquiring to pro or other mongers. By now I would not trespass 150 Ghs for a date. Just in particular cases I accept a charge of 300 or 400, for example a condomless joint.
The timekeeping is regulated on the concept of African Time. Don't forget the effective difficulties encountered travelling across Accra in the rush time and over all don't forget the African style of life. The cost of the time is almost zero.