Scenes of Osu

The most happening section of Accra is a neighborhood called Osu, a place full of shops, restaurants, and street vendors. Normally it's so full of people that one feels awkard snapping photos, but Sunday mornings there are fairly sleepy. These were taken at about 9am on a Sunday.

Frankie's is an Osu landmark. It's a hotel but is best known for its restaurant and bakery. They also sell decent gelato.



If one needed business services or passport photos, one might head to Hilarious Services. I wonder what makes them so hilarious?



Need a toothbrush? Just ask the guy with dozens of toothbrushes on his head.



Here's a typical Osu street corner, overrun with signs, and with a bit of trash and rubble along the ground. Notice that there is a street sign. Despite this, none of the taxi drivers know the names of the streets. They just know landmarks. So you can say "take me to the street just before Frankie's," and they'll know what you mean.



Here's a tailor shop off the main drag. It's housed in a former shipping container.

Visiting Kwame

Kwame Nkrumah was Ghana's first president. He died in 1972 and is now entombed in a mausoleum and memorial dedicated to him. Now the memorial site is one of Ghana's major tourist attractions. We visited there when our friend Mark came over from the US in October.



Above you can see the top of the mausoleum and a statue of Nkrumah.



In front of the mausoleum is a fountain with a line of horn-playing statues.



Due to water shortages, the fountain was not operating on the day of our visit. Mark and I are on the right.