Tamalè to Kumasi

Bleary-eyed at a 3:30am start, we eventually rolled into the bus station in Tamalè in the morning. We tried to find another bus to Kumasi, a large city in the middle of a forest in the centre of Ghana, where we were going to watch a Ghanaian Premier League match. No other buses were running and we had to resort to another Metro Mass saga. Horribly rude woman behind the counter - Kez asked when the bus will arrive; "When it does." was the curt answer. The bus driver was also in some kind of mid-life crisis and stressed out about the luggage, even though the whole station was chaotic anyway. Surprised he didn't have an aneurysm!

More chaos on the bus; the back of my seat broke off. In true African style, the back was layed across the aisle, next to the rear steps and was promptly sold as two extra seats! Love it! Saying that the journey was uncomfortable with no back, and Dree ended up swapping with me halfway, after I'd fallen asleep on the poor guy next to me a few times!

There was a huge storm as we arrived in Kumasi, but maybe it wasn't too surprising as we'd been driving through some pretty deep rainforest on the way. The rain was really heavy for five minutes, flooding the road, before stopping altogether. Kind of like Asian rains. During this rain the idiotic driver, possibly mid-aneurysm, completely missed a speed hump and the WHOLE bus was off the ground for a split second - including all the passengers! Lots of shouting at him after that!

We checked into a recommended place called Guestline Lodge, which was really good, but had pretty bad service from the girl at the front desk. Standard practice all over Ghana apparently - its the norm to be rude and unhelpful. Have found some exceptions, but more often than not people seem to not want to be there! Had to get a takeaway from a restaurant affiliated with the Lodge, as it was quite late, but had a mammoth burger after a day on the buses.