Simon & Schuster - Ghana by Philip Briggs

[Globe Pequot Publishing] This new, thoroughly updated ninth edition of Bradt’s Ghana remains the only dedicated guidebook to this beguiling country – and the most comprehensive source of travel information about it. One of West Africa’s few English-speaking nations, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence and the world’s second-largest producer of chocolate, Ghana is friendly, safe and inexpensive, making it an ideal destination for first-time visitors to the continent. Ghana is a country more about experiencing the unique and authentic than ticking off a series of boxes. Although smaller than Michigan, it is rich in little-visited national parks, forest reserves, cultural sites and scenic waterfalls, and is blessed with bleached-white beaches and lush rainforest along 340 miles of Atlantic coastline. Written by Philip Briggs, arguably the world’s most experienced guidebook writer, and updated by a travel writer specialising in Africa, Bradt’s Ghana guidebook p