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Togo
Travel Blogs from Togo
Togothon day 2, part III
... time to relax. He gave us his phone number as well (not that it helped because our Ghanaian phones don’t work in togo) and said we could call him to let him know/confirm our date. We shook everyone’s hands again…counter-clockwise ...
shea butter, sign language and chambres de passage
Next I headed to the town of Kara. I had (accidentally) timed my visit here to coincide with 'Evala' ceremonies - which involve boys in each year of their initiation into adulthood (I don't know how old that makes them, quite young I think) being ...
Honey, There are no Piranhas in Africa...
... which...correct me if I'm wrong...is the point! ;) We are leaving on Wednesday morning to go to Lome (the capital of Togo) for Thanksgiving with some other missionaries. We will be there until Saturday and then drive back up. I hope you all are ...
2nd Week in Ho
Our second week in Ho entailing plotting secret tactics designed to cripple the other guys teams, planning for the big games! This involved after-school practice matches, a brief foray into the particulars of the offside rule which probably went ...
Au dela des frontières
... 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 ...
Togo!
Hey everyone! Well, after an 11 hour drive with 11 people...we arrived in Togo on Monday night. One of my bags got left in London, but arrived the next night. Because of that, we had to stay in Ghana an extra day. I am living with the ...
More cyclists !
20 Nov - Nkwanta The next day after breakfast and an open air bucket shower (behind a screen) I set off to Nkwanta - getting there around 12. Took my rear derailleur apart and cleaned and oiled it, and then went for lunch - within a minute of ...
Moving on...
I have made my last move of my time in Togo! I am now living at the Kennell's house (they are the family that moved here in November). The mango's are almost ripe and there are going to be a ton of them so long as we don't get a frost...haha!! I am ...
The Story of the Brother (and the Cousin)
Now, as you all are well aware, being a lone white girl in West Africa means HASSLE. It's not nearly as bad here as it was in Mali and Burkina (or maybe I’m just used to it, or my answers are better prepared, or it’s, most liekly, because ...
Sunday "Out"
This morning I decided to venture from my comfort zone of the familiar compound and go to church by myself in one of the places described to me by Fiona, although I couldn't at all picture in my mind where she meant. So, at just after 9 AM, because ...
Chauves souris
The sound of fruit bats fills the air like the music of a thousand squeaky toys being jumped on in sporadic harmony. When I first saw them I thought, "That looked like a bat, but it was way too big." Indeed. They fill the sky even in the day. As much as ...
Day 9-10: Wli Village / Agumatsa Falls
Half-an-hour later, down a pretty decent road, we arrive at the small village of Wli, nestled at the foot of jungle-covered hills and towering rock outcrops. Having done our homework we head straight for Wli Waterfall Lodge with Francis in tow. The ...
Togo's Story
... , 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 ...
Day 30 July 30 Kumasi to Tema
... . Supper is by the pool, which is very nice and has its own waterfall. Unfortunately the pool doesn’t open until ten and we should be on our way by then. We still need to get pictures and a Visa to enter Togo and do not know how long that will ...
"Officially" Peace Corps Volunteers
... in Damanko. First we dropped off two other PCVs at their sites: Cissy to Jumbo #1 and Lena to Azua (very close to the Togo border). We alighted in Sibi Hilltop to greet the chief and our counterpart, and then continued our way. When we arrived at ...
Togothon day 3, part I
Being at Auberge des Etoiles, we were a little off of the beaten path. We didn't know the best way to get out of town and head tokpli but we knew that going back to our original path was a good distance. We knew, based on our map, that ...
Le Grand Marché
Every second I learn or experience something new. One thing I hope to learn is posture! Every African from the moment they stand has such a proud, straight back and high-held head. No wonder the women manage to carry such heavy things on their perfectly ...
I'm not dead..
... doesn't 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 ...
Togothon day 2, part IV
After the chief's house, we were all really excited to be closer than we originally expected to reaching our resting spot for the night. We knew it was still a longer day than we had intended from the offset this morning, so we decided we still could ...
Togothon. Day 1, part I 5:30am-4pm
... was probably the hardest part of the hardest day of our trip across Togo. We left the hotel at 5:30 but started our walk IN TOGO (there was a short distance btwn the hotel and the border, then we had to go through immigrations) at 7:30 am. I was a ...
Kokrobite-Togo
... som finns i de flesta storstader! Men det kandes riktigt bra nar jag och Chris tillslut kom tillvag till Togo i onsdags! Tillbaka till fullpackade bushtaxis, konstiga sangloppor, stromavbrott = svettiga natter och patrangande manniskor! Borjar inse att ...
Day 1 in Togo
First morning in africa, and I woke up feeling rested, but now just after two hours , I'm fatigued. I think its the jet lag, because back home its 5 AM . After breakfast I went to the pool side and threw myself on a beach chair for a nap. All the ...
New Baby
"Children are a gift from God; they are his reward. Children born to a man are like sharp arrows to defend him. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them..." Psalm 127:3-5 There's nothing in the human experience that brings more joy, more ...
One, Two, Three...BREAK!
Hello to all and one! I hope that you are having a splendid week! Is the weather cool where you are? I talked to a friend of mine in Colorado a few weeks ago and it was snowing there! Needless to say...it is NOT snowing here, but ...
School Time!
... ; it has been kind of crazy with teaching and such, but not in a bad way...just crazy! For those of you who don't know...Togo is kind of flooding in the southern part and in the north (more north than we are thankfully). many of the roads and ...
Week One
After a safe arrival in Accra on monday and an 8 hour Tro Tro ride up into the north Volta region near the small towm of Dambai, we settled into out village of Kpachiri. I am working in a team of 9 volunteers all of whom are very nice and we are ...
Finally - PROOF!
Check out the picture, I finally found proof of the bull in the boot story! My apologies for not putting anything up lately. I have had a lot to say, but almost no internet access whatsoever, and certainly not enough to get anything up here. So I'm ...
Cameras and care packages!
Bonsoir! (if that is how you spell it!?) Anywho...Hello! What a week! We hiked to a waterfall on Monday after one of the kid's birthday party. The Miller family, Daniel, Bennett and I went on the hike. It was so beautiful! It was the ...