They call Ghana „Africa for beginners“ indeed it’s one of the most stable and versatile countries in
west africa. And it’s home to more than 100 tribes and ethnic groups. Follow me on my ride across the land of kings and get to know some of their traditions.

Our first destination in Ghana: The fishingtown Axim. Axim is not only famous for it's fishing but as well for it's beaches. So we decided to stay a night and spoil ourselves with a stay at the hotel Lou Moon Lodge.

From Axim we went on a mission: I wanted to find a place where the traditional ghanaian Kente cloth is still made: a fabric that was and is still worn by the Ashanti king.

On the way we were heading along the coast to visit some Forts: One of them San Sebastian, that is half a museum and half the post office of the village.

On our search of Kente we had to leave the coast and head inlands torwards the city Kumasi. In Bonwire and Adanwomase we finally found a Kente factory. Join the journey and visit the weavers with me, who showed me their amazing crafts and how to produce fabrics for kings!


//NOTE: videos were recorded before I had a Youtube Channel initially used for my Instagram stories. That's the reason for the close ups of my face or bad quality of videos they were recorded vertically. I still decided to use them that's the authentic footage I have and I can't change that anymore. Remember: I just started out with filming and cutting its a learning curve and far from perfect! Promise: my next trips after the country Benin will have much improved footage!


 // Welcome to the journey! I am Lea, a journalist and author and I want to take you with me on a motorcycle overloading adventure to all the wild and beautiful places in the world!


//Join the first stage of my trip around Africa along the coast of Westafrica through 12 countries: Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, GuineaBissau, GuineaConakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin.
Time of the journey: November 2019 to Feburary 2020

// I circumnavigated the world solo from 20162017 and now I am going to all other places I have not seen yet. Now on the channel: my motorcycle trip around africa/ the first stage of the journey through westafrica.

// Riding a Yamaha Ténéré 700 (2019)
https://www.yamahamotor.eu

//Equipped by Touratech
https://www.touratech.com/

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