There had been small chit chat among a few of my friends and acquaintances about a beautiful little beach paradise, where one can go to swim, eat & sleep. I had seen photos from Facebook and Instagram and I wondered just how true all this chit chat was.
So I logged on to their website and made the necessary bookings with a gentleman called Akwasi. (who I later found out is a Ghanaian / Canadian architect that is running this lodge with his wife... he apparently thought I was a 40-50 year old woman due to the serious tones of my emails and phone calls... great and chilled out people). We made plans to travel to Takoradi (flight was GHC 460 round trip back to Accra, Starbow) and I arranged for a taxi, Nat (through the recommendation of Akwasi) who charged us GHC 90 for the pick up. Of course there are other options of renting a vehicle, but we wanted to add the experience to getting our of our comfort zone. Nat will insist that the drive is only 1 hour 20 minutes but when I timed it was actually close to 2 hours because the taxi was a salon car and the road wasn't exactly a comfortable one. You will drive through a rubber plantation which was nice to see.
My two girlfriends agreed to come along with me and we made the trip, leaving our comfort zones, to discover this tropical beauty. Mind you... we aren't exactly what you would call big nature people. To paint you a picture, we are the group of girls that would scream if we see a tiny spider steady on a wall... we would find it an "adventure" to sleep in a house made of bamboo with no air-conditioning or fan... our definition of love for nature is more for the aesthetics than actually experiencing it full time... so you get the picture right?
We booked the loft type room which cost about GHC 80 per night only (such a huge difference from my usual weekend getaways in other beaches!). Can I just mention that I find it absolutely cool that all this was hand built?!
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| Our compost toilet... which we quickly adjusted to and got comfortable with |
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Shower area
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Luckily at some point in our lives, all of us three girls had experienced something like this so it wasn't hard to adjust to the facilities. It did get quite hot at night at the bottom part of the house because the air wasn't hitting the lower part where the bed was. Apart from that, I can say we actually had fun getting comfortable with the house. And oh did we thank the Lord that we didn't see spiders around! (although we knew they were there!).
The lodge relies on solar energy which I found really cool so there aren't any power outlets in the rooms. To charge your phone, you'll have to go to the restaurant bar to do so at a fee of GHC 2 per charge.
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| the restaurant bar -- we didn't get to try their akpeteshie (they flavoured their one) |
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| They write the menu for the day on one board and the activities to do on the other board |
In front of this restaurant bar is where we sat every day waiting to be fed by Mr. Robert (the chef) who did a fine job if I may say so! There is a different menu everyday but being slightly spoiled kids, we would sweet talk Mr. Robert into preparing something "special for us". He politely accommodated our requests and was very sweet about it. Dishes cost from GHC 18-35 depending on the dish.
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| Custom made chicken curry with rice... was really tasty! |
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| Caramelized pineapples with rum flamed up and served warm... yes it was mad delish |
Our routine for the three days: wake up, eat a big breakfast (consists of eggs, pancakes and a bowl of fruit), go lie somewhere along the beach, tan, swim, come back for lunch, sit around, drink Club beer, maybe read a bit, then eat dinner, smoke a shisha and then time for bed. LOL!
We did do somethings differently on each day:
- Friday: We did a 30 minute walk to the nearby lighthouse with a tour guide and watched the sunset. Discovered which area of the beach the other guests go surfing. And we sat around the bonfire with the other guests of the lodge at night while smoking a shisha and listening to two locals play the guitar and african drum.
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| Bonfire & Shisha |
- Saturday: We walked roughly 20 minutes to the right most side of the beach where the sand was nicer and there was absolutely no one around. We ended our Saturday day by walking to the other side of the beach where we watch the sunset. It was stunning! We didn't make it to the bonfire by the beach bar that evening as we were really exhausted. But from our room, I could hear the happy beats of music that was being played. It seemed they really partied it up!
- Sunday: Yeah we mostly slept and read a book under the shade near the beach bar because we were all pretty burnt from lying in the sun for the past two days!
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| Beach Bar |
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| Loving all the bottles making the wall |
Now there are more activities to do at the beach.. but our lazy a**es followed the concept of EAT, SWIM, TAN, SLEEP... which we achieved very successfully and proudly! LOL!
There is a pool table, a table tennis, and for rent - surf boards, various board games, footballs and other sport balls and flippers. You can walk to the lighthouse to catch the sun set and also take a canoe ride to their rain forest (which we only found out on our last day that we could do!).
Personally, this beach is one of the best beaches I have been to in Ghana. It was definitely worth the trip! Thank you to Akwasi and his team for our wonderful stay at
Escape 3 Points. I wish you well with the ongoing projects there!
