A member of the Wanderlust Ghana team, Kwabena Peprah, traveling by road from Accra to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, has reported being robbed.
“In a Facebook post shared on Friday, September 27, 2024, Kwame Peprah revealed that they had been robbed in Krefeld, Germany, on the 13th day of their road trip to Dubai.
He explained that thieves had broken into one of the vehicles they were using for the expedition, a Tacoma, stealing various items, including money and potentially important travel documents.”
“I was dressing up when Saka knocked on my door that the receptionist had called him. The Tacoma has been burgled. Someone smashed the front window and took lots of stuff, including my wallet and possibly Kwame’s passport,” he wrote.
Kwabena Peprah further mentioned that the robbery could disrupt their journey, as the loss of Kwame’s passport would likely mark the end of his trip.
“We are not allowed to touch the car before the police have had their turn, and so at the moment, I’m sitting in a German police station waiting to file a report and go through the processes.
“If Kwame’s passport was in the car, I’m sure we can get a new one issued at the embassy in Berlin, but the trip may be over for him because the other visas needed along the route will not be easy to reissue.”
In a video shared by Asaase Radio, Kwame confirmed that his passport had been left in the Tacoma, suggesting that this could signal the end of his road trip to Dubai.
“Our car has been broken into in the parking garage, the Tacoma has been broken into. I’m now going into the car to see what has happened with it.
“Unfortunately, I was so tired that I left my passport in the car. I don’t know if that is intact. That is my biggest worry. If my passport is gone, that would probably be the end of the journey for me,” he said.
About Wanderlust Ghana:
Wanderlust Ghana is group of philanthropists and tourists who recently put Ghana in the spotlight by travelling from Accra to London in August 2023 by road.
The core members of the group, numbering five, are embarking on another adventure from Accra to Paris, Dubai and Cape Town.
Backed by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), the team is poised to market Ghana again in their over 30,000-kilometre expedition overland.
The team is currently travelling on another epic journey from Accra to Dubai which will see them travel in 30 days through 30 countries.