Togo Travel Blogs

Hodge-podge
Apr 17, 2005

The other day I came home from school, walked into my house, and found a chicken bawk-bawking about! It had come in, I assume, through the kitty hole in my back screen door. It certainly made me jump out of my skin when I first discovered it! I shooed ...

More Photos
Mar 19, 2004 (9 photos)

Hello Everyone, I have added some more pictures to the entry about the Peuhl marriage, but it is taking forever to upload them. I wondered if it might be shorter if I uploaded them to a different entry, one that doesn't have any pictures yet. These ...

Girls Club, Theatre and Ghana
Dec 18, 2003

Okay, I just saw a goat and her baby stroll right past the door of the internet cafe, with cars roaring past on the paved road nearby. Will I ever get used to these things? I hope not. If I did, I might not have as many easy laughs. Anyway, the ...

It was worth it
Aug 22, 2004

... of our world, the world has a duty to heal it, heal it we can and we must. Tony Blair But if foreigners living here in Togo can live a life where they don't care (or do nothing about, its the same thing) and they can ignore, if they choose to, the ...

The Biggest TKMax in the world
Jul 31, 2004

... . Wellwellwell, We went on a Monday morning just after they had received there deliveries, and it is a fairly normal market for Togo, lots of wooden shack type things sprawling, instead of food, all sorts of clothes where on sail, from baby clothes to ...

Short- Random obervations
Jul 15, 2004

Random Things I've recently realised. Have begun to notice that a surprisingly large number of my friends are getting malaria, so my bedroom is now a fortress, Feel like a true expat!!! I was doing all the recommended things like spraying, using the Air ...

Accra to Lome
Jul 5, 2004

... when I got off the plane (might not have been for me though!!) The next day I jumped on a bus to Aflao, the Border to with Togo, It was good to get out of the city and see some of the country side, although as I was sitting in the front seats there where ...

Following the Gaddi shepherds [trek day 2]
Jul 15, 2007 (1 photos)

I managed to avoid the dreaded early-morning call of nature yesterday, but this morning I had to drag myself out of my cosy sleeping bag into the crisp dawn, and then find a suitable rock. There is no lack of those, though in future I might go earlier ...

Cheese, Women's Day, Soccer
Mar 15, 2004 (3 photos)

Yes, we have internet in N'Dali now! Miracle, isn't it. No electricity, yet, we DO have internet. How is this possible, you might ask? Well, the Catholic priests (RICH RICH RICH), who have everything, have now opened an cybercafe (minus the cafe) ...

Everything is changing
Aug 26, 2004

... Last day is Monday, I have to visit another NGO tomorrow!!) ------ The title is true, seriously so much stuff has hanged in my "Togo Life" over the last few days, firstly the rota has changed for the guards (every house has a guard who sits outside, he ...

I'm not depressed honest
Aug 24, 2004

Hellooo, well after writing that last entry I felt as though a weight was off my shoulders, I think everything had just been building up and I didnt really tell anyone about it; but I also now know that I didnt really have much chance for reflection, and ...

My life aint normal
Jul 26, 2004

... and was just gunna correct it before putting it public, it was meant to be vaguely amusing and about the weird differences between Togo and the UK. But then yesterday I encountered a guy whose 12 yr old daughter died yesterday morning after being sick for ...

A Day in the Life of a Project and other tales
Apr 17, 2005

This morning I woke up early, felt as though I hadn't really ever fallen asleep. Stephen shifted in the bunk above, causing my bed to creak and shake. I sighed, closed my eyes and tried to shut out the sounds and follow my breath, regain my sommeil. A ...

Settling in
Jul 13, 2004

... there remaining family members(most are orphans but the large African families look after the kids in the summer) I thought great yes fantastic. Togo isn't very big and once we'd left the capital it wasn't long before we were in some villages, most of the ...

Allé revenir
Aug 12, 2004 (13 photos)

I've a few things to talk about today; it could be along entry but Ill try to break it up into cunning sections, these being my Visit to Church, 5 Crying Babies and Swimming lessons Ive also spent hours uploading photos!! so click on the thumbnails ...

First Impressions of the childrens Village
Jul 7, 2004

So I had many preconceptions of what Id be doing here, and me and Isabel had spent a while planning how it would all work out but like all good plans the reality is totally different. The first time I walked in the village (which is in the capital (Lome), ...

Im Still here!! And Im happy
Jul 22, 2004 (10 photos)

... , and there are no HIV+ children on the village, this is for a number of reasons and is nothing to do with the stigma as Togo is quite good and honest about AIDS, but SOS does try and give them a better life whilst they are still alive, giving money for ...

A Quote
Aug 8, 2004

... when I said "I'm going to take a week off and go travelling" I managed to procrastinate so effectively that I never left Togo!! instead I visited lot of other NGO's (Non-Governmental Organisation's / aid organisations) That was quite cool and I got to ask ...

Ghana to Togo
Mar 17, 2003 (6 photos)

... side of the falls, it was a spectacular place where you can apparently have bat for dinner, but instead we left for the Togo border and spent the night camping on the border town's football pitch. Ghana has been a wonderful place full of the friendliest ...

Dzobegan--in the nunnery
Nov 20, 2009 (41 photos)

So, we got an early start to the day and headed to the market in atakpome to find a station to catch a tro tro to our next spot. We had read in the guidebook that the market was a "sensational commotion" and that the station was nearby, so we went to ...

TogoLand
Nov 21, 2008 (8 photos)

... prends plein de photos. On continue ensuite vers Agbodrafo, où je loue une pirogue pour que l'on puisse traverser le lac Togo. Superbe expérience, ils n'en avaient jamais fais et moi je suis heureux d'être là dans ce décor... Paradisiaquement Togolais. Grâce à ...

Day 7-9: Where we should have been all the time!
Apr 9, 2006

I've travelled extensively in SE Asia, ventured into India and Sri Lanka and scratched the surface of twenty other countries around the globe, and I have to admit that at this point my first foray into Africa (excepting Morocco - does that count?) isn't ...

Wli falls
Apr 16, 2007

Ritual, swimming etc

African Christian Wedding
Jun 25, 2005

Ah, the weekend. As much as I was looking forward to a long Saturday and Sunday spent hiding out in my house, reading the French novels I just picked up at the book store and napping happily away, yet again, it was not to be. As usual, however, the trade ...

A day in the life of
Jun 10, 2005

Just so you know it's not all uproarious conversations with dashing and gregarious Béninois who propose marriage on the first meeting and hold out hope despite my anxiously-awaiting nearly betrothed (true story), I thought I'd share a couple less than ...

Weekend Road Trippin' to the Coast - Kokrobite!
Jul 8, 2005 (1 photos)

On the map this place is only a few odd miles away from Accra but the dodgy roads meant it took god knows how long to get here from Ho in our van. Despite the slightly unnerving episode of long prayers for our safety being said before departure, and the ...

I can speak French??
Jul 9, 2009

Well, I am VERY behind with where I actually am in the world, so this is just a very quick entry mostly so that each town appears on the map! My first Togolese town was a nice little place, not much going on and I was only there about 16 hours and it ...

Togothon day 2, Part II
Oct 2, 2009 (13 photos)

... .  with that, we took off again. Free water (though we did hand the police a little money to cover it), free oranges, a contact in togo, and much much lifted spirits. We headed toward the closest hotel in Tabligbo.     

Shameless Fundraising
Jul 12, 2006

A bit of shameless fundraising. If you are looking to unload your pocketbooks or wallets of a few dollars, we have just thing for you. While in Nkwanta, we have been involved with two incredibly successful organizations that provide much needed ...

VOLTA PICS 3
Sep 2, 2009 (49 photos)