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| Laura biking in Tamale, Ghana |
Today we got take away breakfast of rice and beans with hard-boiled
eggs. The dry heat of Tamale was
actually refreshing and we decided to walk the 5 KM into town. The last version of Bradts travel guide
to Tamale referred to it as a dry backwater not worth going to. That has all changed. The roads have been greatly improved
and are some of the best I have seen in Ghana. Most people ride bikes here so there are few cars on the
road. The new roads that have been
built here include double bike/walk lanes with a half-foot concrete guard
against traffic.
On our drive in I saw tucks carrying hundreds of bikes. Every 5th store seems
to be a bike shop too. It’s like
the Amsterdam of Africa. The folks
at the Moon-Light Lodge let us borrow their bikes to ride the neighborhood but
said we were not experienced enough to ride into town and navigate the
traffic. I took no offense and
they are 110% correct. My Magic
Road Safety Stone doesn’t protect against crappy biking skills.
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| Machete Wielding Coconut Dude |
Wandered town a bit before moving towards the National
Cultural Center, which they say, has some wonderful art stalls around it. Along the way we stopped to have a
coconut from a Machete Wielding Coconut Dude (discussed in a previous
post). So good.
Not terribly impressed with the art stalls so we start to
head out when Mother Nature decides to open up. With little warning we ran to the closest place we could
find…. a Rasta Bar. The pounding
rains lasted for hours. Many drink
with crazy Dutch Dudes later we taxi-ed
home.
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