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Four Villages Inn Sponsors Francophone Fortnight
* February 25, 2005
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Four
Villages Inn takes great pleasure in announcing that this year it is joining
with the Canadian High Commission to help sponsor "La Quinzaine de la Francophonie"
organized worldwide by the Alliance Francaise to celebrate French culture.
If you are in Kumasi between March
14 and March 25, Four Villages Inn will be happy to take you to the many
events which your hosts will be attending themselves.
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Here is the program:
Monday, March 14: LAUNCHING:
Cocktail, Cinema "Bal poussiere"-Cote d'Ivoire, Hairdressing competition,
Food Fair
Wednesday, March 16: Cinema
"Beyrouth West"-Lebanon
Friday, March 18: Cinema "A
la verticale de l'ete"-Vietnam
Sunday, March 20: Masquerading
parade "Les Grandes personnes" Street Theatre from Burkina Faso-Ashtown
Monday, March 21: Cinema "Une
hirondelle a fait le printemps" -France
Wednesday, March 23: Cinema
"on dirait le sud"- Switzerland and "La Guerre des toques" -
Canada
Friday, March 25: King Mensah(Togo)
Prempeh Assemby Hall |
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Grandma Charity is Back in Ghana *
December 30, 2004
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an almost six month absence spent in Montreal, Quebec Canada, your host
Charity has returned to Ghana and Four Villages Inn. Her mission was to
follow a Ghanaian custom of being with her daughter Christianna during
her first pregnancy and delivery of a first grandchild. Now your hosts
Charity and Chris can proudly say they are grandparents to a baby boy named
Justin Kwame Clerk. Kwame is a Ghanaian name meaning Saturday born. |
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Coming to Ghana ??? - Some Helpful Resources*
December 22, 2004
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Researching
your trip to Ghana? We suggest you purchase the latest Bradt Guide to Ghana
published in June 2004-it's a treasure trove of information. You might
also like to contact the publisher Bradt at info@bradt-travelguides.com
and request the update compiled by author Philip Briggs.
Another wonderful source of info
on Ghana is available at www.nawaghana.com NAWA stands for North
American Women's Association. They produce No Worries: "The Indispensable
Guide to Ghana” which is available through their web site.
www.nawaghana.com |
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Some Travel Tips for Our Guests *
December 18, 2004
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you be bringing US dollars to Ghana, bring the new bills; the old bills
are no longer accepted at forex bureaus. |
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Accra to avoid high hotel costs and horrendous traffic. Should you be arriving
on an international flight in the evening, you can take an internal flight
to Kumasi on either of the two airlines that fly the Kumasi-Accra route. |
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| Four
Villages Inn provides a free pick up service. We will be pleased to send
you details on the flights available, so you can make your bookings by
internet. Kumasi makes an excellent base to explore this wonderful country. |
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hiring a car and driver (a very expensive proposition) consider the State
Transport bus service that operates buses (many of them luxury coaches)
between major cities around Ghana. The service is great, comfortable and
reliable. |
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A Word of Reassurance - Ivory Coast *
December 12, 2004
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| The Ivory
Coast has been in the news of late and you may have heard about unrest
there. The Ivory Coast is in turmoil; however, rest assured that Ghana,
which borders Cote d'Ivoire on the east, is untouched by the unrest. In
fact, Ghana has just carried out democratic elections in an atmosphere
of calm and decorum. Ghana remains a safe destination, a holiday paradise
characterised by fascinating attractions, and a warm and hospitable people. |
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New Canadian High Commissioner and Family
Visit * December 7, 2004
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Four Villages Inn had the pleasure and, of course honour, to host the recently
arrived Canadian High Commissioner His Excellency Mr. Donald Bobiash and
his wife Teresa and daughter Katherine. Here's what they wrote in
our guest book: |
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a wonderful place to stay while in Ghana." |
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| "A lovely relaxing heaven, a great
retreat from Kumasi. Wonderful hospitality." |
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| "If it was not for the Four Villages
Inn, it just would nnot be fun to visit Kumasi. I love it!" |
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Expatriot Honoured with Traditional Chieftancy
* November 11, 2004
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It is
a very rare event, but it's happened: an expatriot becoming a real chief,
not just an honourary chief. Rod McLaren, owner and manager, of African
Rainbow Resort and long time friend of the Scotts of Four Villages Inn,
has been installed as "nkosorohene" or chief responsible for developmentat
New Edubiase, near his wife's home town south of Kumasi. Your host, Chris
from Four Villages Inn was in attendance at the ceremony; and to give the
publicity such an event deserves, Chris arranged for and paid the expenses
of a TV crew from Kumasi to cover this auspicious occasion. |
Congratulations to Nana Akwasi Amoako,
formerly known as Rod McLaren. The website for the African Rainbow Resort
is www.aficanrainbow.net |
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Four Villages Inn - A Visitors' Attraction
* October 20, 2004
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15th, the DAMSEL WOMENS' GROUP, a charitable organization made up of miners'
wives from Tarkwa Goldfields in the Western Region, included FOUR VILLAGES
INN on their one day visit to Kumasi. Their itinerary included visits to
the Central Market and the National Cultural Centre. After a tour of the
inn, the fifteen women enjoyed a variety of FOUR VILLAGES INN MEATS products
along with fresh lemonade. It is no wonder that Philip Briggs in the latest
BRADT GUIDE TO GHANA writes that FOUR VILLAGES INN is "without a doubt
the most alluring and individualistic hotel in KUMASI"! |
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Four Villages Inn is JUST THE TICKET!!!!
* October 18, 2004
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at Four Villages Inn is, as the expression goes, just the ticket. This
proved literally true when two of our guests forgot their return CITYLINK
airline tickets in their room ...
Four Villages Inn dropped them off
at the airport (a free service), said our sad farewells and left. We found
out a little later by phone that the tickets were left in the room and
that a representative would be around the next day to pick them up. We
checked the room and sure enough there they were ...
The next day, the representative showed
up and collected the tickets. We complemented him on the airline's flexibility
in letting on the two passengers without producing their tickets.
The representative's reply, " I saw
you drop off the clients in the Four Villages Inn van and I know that's
where my managing director and his family stay when they come to Kumasi
, so I knew the passengers were O.K." ... Yes, Four Villages Inn is JUST
THE TICKET!!!!
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