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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SunRaah" data-source="post: 778579" data-attributes="member: 21912">Greetings SistaI am living in the UK with orgins from Barbados. I have been travelling to Africa for over 30 years including Ghana, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Kenya, Zimbabwe and more recently I lived in Nigeria for 8 months. Ghana is a great place to start because of language and beause the people have more awareness than most about us in the diaspora.  There are more and more people from US and UK living in Ghana than at anytime previously. The people are very welcoming like everywhere in Africa but of course they will see you as outsiders because you don't speak the language and with this comes inflated costs as you have been told. Accra can also be expensive, depending on the lifestyle you want to live. Ghana is moving up and accomodation is becoming more expensive so make sure you do your research or have a local contact. Driving to other countries will be costly if you drive yourself it is much better to  hire a taxi or make use of local buses or mini-buses that travel across borders - the ride can be a little uncomfortable especially if you are going with children and have not experienced this before. You didn't say how long you are going for but it maybe better to stay in one country and travel around because Ghana is big  and there are places to see and if you a planning to live there - get an opportunity to feel the country. You will  have many chances to travel  at other times. In Ghana the traditions are still there and you will  find people who can introduce you to traditional customs and priests. Burkina Faso - if you don't know French might be problematic  but not insurmountable as some do understand English. Not much to see there though. Hope this is helpful.</blockquote>

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