Dan's not-so-paradise

So, I came to cape coast, looked for some hotels, but everything was full! Some local was helping to take me around. But as a result, we wandered around a long time to go to places he recommended, whereas I would have rather just sat down and phoned some places. Ended up going to Dan's paradise, which isn't recommended in the guidebook. It was expensive, but looked ok, and I figured I might not get anywhere else, so I payed. Then went to cape coast castle. It was interesting to look around the museum and the slave castle. Met a british lady and a couple of her ghanaian friends showing her around, so I went with them a while. Said they'd walk around downtown, then could take me back to my hotel. Ended up walking a long time, but not downtown. Went to the place she was staying, some guy's house. Took a long time before we could leave there, I was really tired and just wanted to get back to my hotel. So someone helped me get there. Also left me the number for that guy's house. Anyways, this was the point I discovered what a big mistake it was going to Dan's Paradise Hotel. Firstly, some lights were burned out (inc. the bathroom) which they said they'd fix before I got back but didn't. So I tried to get them to fix it or give me another room. The only staff available barely understood any english. He took me to another room. This room had semi-working lights, but a broken fan. So another room. In this one, the toilet was used, and non-flushable. Finally found another room where things seemed to work, but again no water. Meaning no shower, no flushing. Turns out the whole hotel is occasionally like that, and nothing I can do about it! The guy brought me a bucket of really dirty looking water that I wasn't about to shower with. I was in such a bad mood by this point. Just went to bed. In the morning, packed up and got out of there as soon as possible. Tried to get partial refund, I mean I've stayed at places for a third of the price which were better. But of course, no deal. I went and looked at another hotel, but again started hitting the "hotel full" problem. So I was getting in a state, I finally got a taxi back to the person's house. They let me shower there, and offered me a room. The british woman seemed to have done ok there. So that's where I'm staying tonight. A bit nervous about staying in a stranger's house, but I really don't know if I'd find another place, and it would be a lot of effort to search. Anyways, for the rest of the day, went to Kakum park, did a canopy walk, something like 30-40 m above ground, pretty nice in the canopy of the rainforest. Came back early afternoon, met the guy again, and went together to see some of the festival taking place. Lots of chiefs in a procession, being carried in sedans on people's shoulders, lots of drumming, etc. Lots of people everywhere in the streets. Ran into several people I'd met during my time in other cities, including americans from Kumasi. They are also leaving early tomorrow morning to get to Kumasi then go to the football game, like I planned, so maybe I'll see them there yet again. Anyway, the festival's become exhausting, will head back to the guy's home now. Apparently the "real festival" is in the pubs in the evening, but don't think I'll go out for that, just don't really have the energy, and it's not so much my thing, especially alone. So, that's it for now, I'm outta time.