Cape Coast, Ghana

Cape Coast, Ghana

Monday, November 17, 2014

Day 12 (Cape Coast): Elmina Castle

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Drive

Tour--guide, quarters, governor's quarters, view, only building that high,

COCONUT GROVE RESTAURANT
As we drove in it seemed sadly comical and surreal that a resort would exist in such a bubble only 3KM away from the castle that was a crucial fixture in the trans-atlantic slave trade. It is by far the fanciest hotel/resort we've seen since we've been in Ghana. I mean, the Red Red is Gh 30.00 and we've had it almost daily at many places for between Gh 10.00 and Gh 12.00. I still ordered it. I hope it's incredible.
I also ordered a pineapple juice and our waitress bent over to ask me if it was okay that she could take a little extra time to squeeze the pineapple for the juice. Incredible. And it was the greatest glass of pineapple juice I've ever had.

We started to have a conversation about the price of the "view".

About why or how or when or if one needs to develop the coastline of this beautiful country to match the idea of what westerners would want out of property like this. Kevin Costner build it and they will come.

Our experience as the premiere spots in the country: cape coast, wesley girls, accra

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