Jamestown, the Coast, and the Old Slave Prison

This is the front door to the Jamestown Prison. Back during slavery days, the prison fort was used to house slaves and hold them in preparation to be shipped off to other countries. Up until four months ago, it was still being used to house inmates, but the prison has been evacuated and is now being renovated into a tourist attraction (I don't have pictures right now of the inside but I will post those later).



This is the lighthouse tower in Jamestown. People can go to the top of the tower and overlook parts of Accra and the Atlantic Ocean for 5 cedis (think about $5). If you look closely in the background to the left is the Atlantic Ocean.



This is what I call the palace. It was originally one of the slave trading castles during the colonial period when Ghana was formally the Gold Coast. Now it serves as the seat of government. In other words, this is Ghana's "White House". The current president, Dr. John Atta Mills, moved the seat of government back to the castle from another location in Ghana in January. This castle is off limits to the public.



This is a view of some of the coast line of Ghana. In the bottom part of the picture is a restaurant right on the ocean, fishing villages and sand line the coast, and the government palace can be seen in the far background.



This is another shoreline view in Jamestown. In the background are the fishing canoes of the fisherman as they are making their daily catches.