Ghana

Our two week trip along the coast of Ghana was a very different experience to other surftrips in developing countries. People living on the coast of Ghana are amongst the poorest  of the country. They didnt even have the most simple hygienic standards or rules. For example on a small towns beach were woman were waiting for the fishing boats to take the fresh caught fish over and kids were playing in the sand, the whole beach was covered with human excrements. It was so bad smelling and discusting that all of us had a  hard time not to through up.

The water close to villages was really dirty and everyone of us got really stomach sick.

Travelling there as foreigners every policeman stopped us and asked us for money, either for having a surfbag on the roof or, when we did put all the boards inside the car for having them inside the car. Our driver than very discreetly already did put a bill inside the carpapers before handing them over to the police.

 

we were renting a taxi in accra for our trip along the coast of ghana
wherever we did show up we were surrounded by people
capecoast
this castles are also called slave castles, the europeans were buying slaves from slave traders, detained the slaves in this castles to ship them m

flo surfing shitcasle
today crowded
a young ganaian surfer
fisherman on the way out

we called this castle `shitcastle´ because with the wind you did have a bad smell there from all the locals taking a shit right on the beach
getting a boat out to explore soem waves
arriving in any village we were always feeling as coming from anothet planet
on the market

kids getting excited on the photocamera
tuna was the best option to eat
house of eggs
sunset over town

chilling on busua beach
firewood
the righthander in busua is kind of consistant
surf in busua

Francis is drawing us a map to cape three points
streetlife
asking for the way, at every police stop you have to pay the police, one time because no surfboards are allowed on the roof another time because no

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