A TRIP TO THE WILD WEST
A tour to the Western Region
is always fun.
“At sun
burst, I was at European Town an Industrial area in Takoradi, in the Western
Region of Ghana, which existed in the early 1400s. That gave me enough time to
tour parts of the city.”
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| EUROPEAN TOWN
“I came
across the high court building which was built in 1901-1925 and crossed over to
the Takoradi railway lines (Ketan Railway).”
“Then to the
Takoradi port which was built in 1928 and
then I understood that the shift of trade from Sekondi to Takoradi made the
merchants to move to Takoradi and left the city of Sekondi. The Boulevard shops
on the left and right for trade helped in merchandising the Takoradi harbor.”
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| SEKONDI TRAIN STATION This made Takoradi to develop more than Sekondi. The architecture buildings in these twin towns are different.
The buildings in Takoradi are tall Like the chapel on the hill.
But Sekondi can’t boost of
such nicely built places.”
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| TAKORADI ON THE HILL, SEKONDI IN THE VALLEY |
“I went to
my car and drove to Port Orange which was the Dutch’s
trading port in the 14th-16th centuries which was used to keep
slaves who waited to board slave ships to Europe.”
“What amazed
me was the class of the architecture and interior decor of the place. I was
also impressed with how they have maintained the history for upcoming
generations like us.”
“My mission
furthered me to the Guggisberg memorial, to remember the man who built the
railway lines, the light house for the Naval, U.A.C (UNITED AFRICA COMPANY) by
the British from 1901-1920,
And also the Takoradi harbour, Achimota school, and left the
country in the year 1929. Around the
same place was an old building in a bad shape which was the Supreme Court.”
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| SUPREME COURT |
“I set off
for Nzulezu, deep south and each group of five people was assigned to one boat
and a paddler who acted as a tour guide. It was an hour of boat riding to
Nzulezu. Breathtaking is an understatement for describing the experience on
water.”
“The water looked dark and clean. The whole place looked foggy, and
the water was calm and cool.”
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| THE DARK NZULEZU RIVER
“We passed
through a jungle which was made of raffia palm, which palm wine is extracted.
We entered the second jungle where ferns are used to trap fishes from the main
lagoon.”
“The view of
the horizon was artistic. There was grass on the water and it smelt fresh and
healthy.”
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“The people
in the village celebrate the Kundum festival. The expedition did not end there
as we went through a thick Jungle totally different from the first one that we
went through. We went through a never ending journey.”
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| NZULEZU
“Now I had a
thrilling experience on water. And I was expecting another thrilling experience
back to our previous destination but we went through another route.”
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“Soon we got
to the village Abonua where we went aboard our bus and to Nkruful, we went to
the birth place and burial place of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President.”
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| NKRUFUL |
“Next was a
fort which was only for transit for slaves before the Takoradi harbor.”
“The fort
also has a history of once sheltering Adolf Hitler who swam ashore and had to
rest in this fort from his many voyages.”
“In 2004
charles Hammilton a U.S peace corp. sought to put the place in order.”
“We also
visited the cape three points which is the southwards part of Ghana, where
currently petroleum have been discovered. The place is close to the sea and the
sea waves are very strong.”
“For once I
had the chance to climb the light towers that signals the ships to come up
shore.”
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| FORT BATENSTEIN
On last day, “I went to Busua Beach to tour the Beach resort and drove back home."
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