Lome, Togo Travel Blogs

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 ...

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 ...

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

... 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), about 10 bungalows which hold about 8 children and a "mother" each, the mother is responsible for the day to day life of ...

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 ...

Day 31 July 31 Tema to Lome
Jul 31, 2009 (5 photos)

... car came to the crossing. We went to meet him and waited by the car for the last stage of the process getting the car into Togo. There is a lot beach here and very little development along it. We tried a couple of hotels near the beach but they were too ...

"Baptaime Africain" African Baptism
Feb 7, 2009 (1 photos)

... Br.'s i was visiting and who where then with me at the hospital kept trying assure me this was the best Hospital in Lomé. It wasn't till Br. Frank* of the Togo Bethel visited me the day after i was sick, did i know i was in the very best hands. He told me ...

Togo
Jan 20, 2009 (9 photos)

We are in Togo for a few days and then we will spend a bit more time in Benin.

Hospitals
Jul 21, 2009

I have a LOT to say about The Social Centre, but barely any time left before I have to get back before the gate is locked... (it's 8:30 pm..), and I really wanted to keep this separate anyway, so I'll come back to all the other stuff another time. Today ( ...

Le Centre social
Jul 29, 2009

I lasted a grand total of two weeks at the social centre. It was incredibly frustrating... Every morning, they'd come in before 7.30 (do you know how long it's been since I've woken up after 6 am?! It is ridiculous.) and so the morning meeting ...

Day 73 - Togo, Lome to Kpalime - Into the Hills
Jan 20, 2009

... fun's just beginning. Stopped off at Kpalime for cook group shopping.  Oliver and I went in search of an Adebayor Togo football shirt as he's trying to collect home countries of Arsenal players.  No luck unfortunately.  Market was a load ...

Welcome to West Africa
Sep 12, 2007 (85 photos)

... for a change. I am just starting to be a bit sick of East Africa. I needed to see something new and i haven't been to the west of Africa for quiet some times. Lome sounded like a nice place to go so i immediately jumped into a plan in direction of Togo.

Lome, Togo
Jun 28, 2006

... the office. One guy is staying there, so I am going to dinner with him and the country director of PC Togo. I will explore Lome tomorrow and then head to the village where Amanda is. Mosquitoes...I am being eaten alive. Strangely, the mosquitoes here ...

Togo Bethel
Feb 25, 2009

... the grand tour of bethel by sister A. the wife of brother A. who visited me in hospital.   The well designed Togo bethel, co-ordinates the distribution of spiritual food to two country's and through the HLC maintains Togo's best equipped theater for ...

Togo
May 23, 2009

... to be taking ages just to leave the country, so once our passports were stamped we set out and walked the 2km to the Togo border passing a graveyard situated in no-mans land, which is a strange sight.  The truck followed us and we left to climb up a ...

Leaving Togo
Oct 4, 2009 (13 photos)

...    13.67miles  so...as far as i know this is the only blog that has any information on towns in Togo outside of Lome and Togoville---or the first blog where Togo is the destination, not just a point between two points of interest.  and ...

Day 71 72 - Togo, Lome - Coco Beach - Beach Bars
Jan 18, 2009

... ; Had to stay at the Togo border for possibly a few hours, not sure as listening to music and reading. Once through to Togo nothing much seemed to change from Ghana - people still waved, the beaches were still white sand and lined with palm trees, ...

Au dela des frontières
Nov 20, 2008 (3 photos)

... que je lache de backshich donc forcément ca prend un plus de temps même si tous mes papiers sont en reglès. Bienvenue à Lomé, Capitale du Togo! J'ai rendez vous au bar AFRIQUE ONDE pour retrouver mon ami Hervé qui m'accueille chez lui pour 2 nuits. Premiers ...

18 Jan 09 - Togo Info Lesson
Jan 18, 2009

Area:  56,790 sq km (1/3 of Netherlands) Capital:  Lome Language:  French Population:  5.1 million (average 66 people per sq km) Seasons:  Wet (May - Oct); dry (mid Feb - mid April ...

The Story of the Brother (and the Cousin)
Jul 31, 2009

... I said hello and agreed that my ‘sister’ could pass on my phone number, as Mama wanted him to give me a tour of Lomé. Ok, fine, I went back to my friends. Then Yawo called, asking where I was, so I told him... and then half an hour later said ...

Togo's Story
May 22, 2009 (4 photos)

... , given the long narrow country has a coastline only extending a little over 50km. However Chris choose a different road into Togo which provided some great scenery and opportunity to experience a little more of this small country. Immediately after the ...

I'm not dead..
Aug 25, 2009

... bode well for the next few months in France...)! I did TRY to say I was going before we left, but unfortunately Togo has an issue with its internet connection at the moment and quite often there's no internet access ANYWHERE for a while. The problem ...