Road?

We were warned! The road from Hoehoe to Tamale is bad.
It started with tarmac with holes, which is bad, because the tend to have sharp edges. Then we had dirt with muddy puddles, this made the car move in the wrong direction on a couple of occasions, but if you go slow, no problem.

The worst was the hard, stony roads as they give very uneven holes and make you bounce every ways conceivable and going faster than 20 km/h is impossible unless you want to end up in the backseat.














At first glance no problem, but look closely and imagine miles/hours of this.
















At least the locals agreed with us that the government should do something about this road. This is the main road for the whole east of the country!

The guide gave us not many options to stay overnight. So we had decided to stay in Nkwanta a third of the way to Tamale.

We played cloud games - is it a snail or a whale?

We arrived at the hotel in Nkwanta at 10.30 and looked at each other: spending a whole day in the middle of nowhere? Or??? Do we risk it? So, we decided to probably take the wrong decision and push on for Tamale. We were very fortunate that it didn't rain. I can imagine with limited visibility that we had to add a day easily as it is essential to see the potholes. Every bone in our bodies had been shaken and abused, but we were oddly exhilarated.

We made it just after dark to Tamale, where we had a lovely indian dinner. This was a bit spicy, but we found the local Ghanese food mostly overspiced, it would have been nice if they made it without the pili pili. One time we even had to leave the food it was so bad.

In Tamale itself the next day we spent the morning sweating and visiting the market, supermarkets and tourist market.

I almost forgot to say. It is a shame the roads are so bad, because the east of Ghana is definitely the most beautiful part of the country. Green, lush, hilly. I really enjoyed it.