A TRIP TO ATUABO GAS PLANT
Us: “How long is it from here to Atuabo?” Them: “15 minutes only” After almost 8 minutes Us: “How long it is from here to Atuabo” Them: “5 minutes” Us: “Ok” After a few metres forward Us: “How long is it from here to Atuabo?” Them: “30 minutes” Us: “Eiii, Hahahahahaaa. When are we going to get there? Maybe we should go back” After exactly 11 minutes’ drive. “Atuabo Gas Plant! Wow. It is beautiful oo” “See, that is gas being flared” Ghanaians are bad at calculating distances and time, very bad. All we sought to do was to see the Atuabo Gas Plant, and we were on the main Axim-Elubo road, at the junction that turns in towards Atuabo. We – my colleagues and I – had gone to work and on our way back we wanted to see the Atuabo Gas Plant. The dialogues above were the times 3 different people we asked told us how long it would take from the Junction, farther in, and even farther in respectively. The town of Atuabo – pronounced “Aduabo” by typical Nzemas –