No, I was there to work, an odd job with my father's business straight after studying, hence a limited budget. I stayed in our client's company houses and ate mainly the food they provided, which didn't get much more exotic than plantains. But any time that I wasn't working, I donned my running shoes and walked, caught taxis or even hitched rides as circumstances dictated, mainly in Obuasi and Accra, and also a little in Kumasi and Abesim (Sunyani). The one day we got one of the company's local drivers to take us to the coast, which is when we saw Cape Coast Castle and St. George's Castle at Elmina. I've just checked my travelogue. It was actually Cape Coast Castle that made the biggest impression on me. Anyway, thanks for the memories :-) Back to the original topic of the thread, in the ancient Kingdom of Ghana (centred around Kumasi) gold was cheaper than salt. The King, when he travelled across the Sahara to Arabia for an international gathering, used a solid gold ingot as a staging post for his horse.
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