With Love from Accra

About 3 weekends ago I was in Ghana (Accra) with my Mr. for what he called our "engagement-moon" lol and it was such a good time. Can I just say this "I LOVE GHANA", Segi had told me so many nice things about Ghana so I knew I had to go someday and I am so glad I did. I was so excited about the trip it was ridiculous, I found every opportunity to say "chaleeeee" and I was really really intrigued by the way Ghanians speak. All I can say is that Ghanians are very pleasant, honest and kind people. We loved a song we heard in a cab so much that the cab driver gave us the CD... Ghanians love to dance, don't get me started with the variations of azonto dance my eyes witnessed. One of the best parts of the trip was our hotel, Movenpick was awesome and I mean every word of it, I want to go to Ghana again just for Movenpick, the breakfast was everything, like the best I've ever had... Alright alright, I'll continue my stories with pictures...

 Photo op at the Labadi Beach

 

Trying on clothes/dressing up for dinner and a night out.

 

We bumped into his friend Kari and her boo at the bar in Movenpick and also had another friend join us, the night turned out to be so much spontaneous fun.

Foodie...

 

We tried some Banku/Kenke

 

This was being sold all over the Labadi beach. The beef thing looks like Suya but really isn't.

 The most awesomest Lobster ever from Mamma Mia

 

Freshly made waffles, best part of breakfast, yummm

I Screammm

Shopping...

 Kente Slippers on Osu Road/Oxford Street

 Little wrist band for my brother

 Vintage Blouses from Makola Market. Vintage/2nd hand stuff are strangely called "fosa" or something of that sort in Accra. Also because of the recent change in the value of Ghana Cedis it was funny and confusing to hear things like "1.5" which simply meant "15 Ghana Cedis" it confused me so much like do you mean 1.5million or 1,500 Cedis, lol.

Painting we bought on Osu Road/Oxford Street 

LOL @ our rabbit teeth.

Dear Ghana, I'm coming back for you.

xoxo

Shally

P.S
I heard the sad news of the death of former Ghanaian President Atta Mills not too long after my trip and my condolences go out to all Ghanaians. May His soul rest in peace, Amen.

Fun times at the Beach

During the Easter holidays, we went to the beach with our cousins and their friends and had such a great time... We went to a beach called Agaja, it took about an hour on the boat from Ikoyi to Agaja and getting there was so much fun...

 

When I got this H&M Dress last year, I had imagined going to the beach in a white dress and how perfect it was for that purpose, well I forced that dream into reality, lol

How beautiful is this sheer tie&dye dress Segi's wearing?

Our cousins...

With our brother :o)

 Don't ask

 Don't worry, we had way more than this to eat (LOL), we even had a chef who hooked us up

Our little friends from Agaja, they said they are all from Ghana which I found quite interesting including the fact that they live on the beach.

Jumppppppp

TGIF
xoxo

S&S

With love from Ghana

My friends and I visited Ghana for a couple of days in December, just as the year was about to end. It was so much fun, I hope we can do it again soon.                                                                                      

Some pictures from our trip...       
                                                                                 

Just ignore my tummy,you know it was christmas (that's my excuse :))

 

Can you guess where we were off to??... The market...lol . At the end of the day we obviously didn't look like this (notice how there are no pictures of that)

 

Some of the goodies I bought...

       

Beach Time!!!                                                                                                                             

We discovered this pool at the hotel we were staying after going to swim somewhere else. Ignorance isn't bliss.

 

This was some kind of Ghanaian cirque du soleil type of show. This little boy could bend his body into any form,shape,etc. Incase you aren't sure what is going on in this picture, let me explain. The man in black and yellow, is carrying the table with his teeth. Everyone was screaming. Best part of the show, it was FREE!! :)

Isn't this incredible? The artist and his agent asked us to pay to take a picture. Trust, my friend Nneka stylishly took the picture and we took off sharp sharp.

Ghana was so much fun. I wish everyday was a holiday :(                                                                        

Happy times                             

Love, Segi