{"id":270,"date":"2019-01-28T03:30:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/?p=270"},"modified":"2019-01-28T03:30:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T09:30:34","slug":"en-route-to-kumasi-jan-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/2019\/01\/28\/en-route-to-kumasi-jan-25-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"En route to Kumasi. Jan 25, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blogpost<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>for Jan 25\/01\/19<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>En route to kumasi<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To start the day, we woke up early for our last breakfast in Tamale. After loading up the bus, we departed for Kumasi.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After a long drive with a few short stops, we were greeted in Kumasi by a great deal of traffic. This made our trip across town longer than we had anticipated. To help keep our minds busy during this long drive, we listened to music on a speaker and then started singing pop tunes from our childhood.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we arrived at our accommodations for the night, the Davellen Hotel. After dropping off our luggage, we made another trip across town to Ike\u2019s Restaurant, where we had our supper while we listened to some live music.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/53AE8166-82E3-4654-BD8B-1307CE971F40-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/53AE8166-82E3-4654-BD8B-1307CE971F40-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/53AE8166-82E3-4654-BD8B-1307CE971F40-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/53AE8166-82E3-4654-BD8B-1307CE971F40-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/53AE8166-82E3-4654-BD8B-1307CE971F40-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/53AE8166-82E3-4654-BD8B-1307CE971F40.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-273\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/6ACBCC4F-04F7-4ABD-93C4-D0116163C414-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/6ACBCC4F-04F7-4ABD-93C4-D0116163C414-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/6ACBCC4F-04F7-4ABD-93C4-D0116163C414-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/6ACBCC4F-04F7-4ABD-93C4-D0116163C414-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/6ACBCC4F-04F7-4ABD-93C4-D0116163C414-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1278\/2019\/01\/6ACBCC4F-04F7-4ABD-93C4-D0116163C414.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we returned to our hotel and retired for the night. News in Brief: the newly appointed Yaa-Naa, Chief of Dagbon, is prepared for his investiture. Preparations for the event have been ongoing throughout the day. The Ghanaian Roads Minister laments that only 23% of Ghana\u2019s road system is unpaved. Government officials cite economic issues and a large inherited debt as the main sources of consternation in making progress on road development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogpost\u00a0 for Jan 25\/01\/19\u00a0 En route to kumasi\u00a0 To start the day, we woke up early for our last breakfast in Tamale. After loading up the bus, we departed for Kumasi.\u00a0 After a long drive with a few short stops, we were greeted in Kumasi by a great deal of traffic. This made our trip &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/interiminghana2019\/2019\/01\/28\/en-route-to-kumasi-jan-25-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;En route to Kumasi. 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