Country Info
- Lome
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 5,153,088
- Population
- TG
- Country Code
Lome Slideshow
Lome
Travel Blogs from Lome, Togo
French Again
Back in French-speaking Africa. I'd been spoiled in Ghana - everything about that country was easy. The language, the abundance of ATMs, the ease of getting about. Back to tough-going now (although let's be honest it will get much worse), though ...
Hazafele az ut kalandos...
... elmeny volt... Az egesz Vasarnap alapjaban az utazasnak volt szentelve, es ha jol belegondolunk kell is hozza, mert maga Kara-Lome het ora, egy ora rendezkedes, hataratkeles, es masik 3-3,5 ora vissza Accraba... Az idonk elegge ki volt szamolva, es ...
Togo
... mat med en våldsam ihärdighet. Kvällen ängnades åt att ligga och sova med lätt feber. Nästa dag lämnade vi Togo för Benin och min feber avtog efter hand så att jag var mer eller mindre återställd framåtkvällskvisten. Tack och hej, ...
Accra (ii), Togo and Voodoo!
... on to our next capital city - Lome, the capital of the narrow (only 50ks across along Whit neighboring Benin) country of Togo. Incidentally, whilst also looking ahead to our next countries on the map, we happened to notice that Benin does bear more than ...
More Ghana, then into Togo
... , or possibly from insects (which also makes us question whether they are IN the bed). Wednesday 14 Feb Cape Coast (Ghana) - Accra - Lome (Togo) We take a taxi off the street to the tro-tro station for Accra, and are pleased to find that the system ...
On to Togo
... ', to let him know we arrived, and to suggest we meet tomorrow at his convenience to discuss how we should handle my visit. The next few days will no doubt be busy and important for the church members in Togo. I’m looking forward to seeing ...
Sunday - first full day of activities
Today was quite a day; full of ups and downs as we started the activities of this mini-camp. Pierre Kloutsé was right on time to pick us up at 8:00. We drove through the quiet streets (Sunday is a slow day) of Lomé to the Church hall. We ...
Arrival in Togo
... 4:00 and drove us to the hall once again. We started the evening Bible Study a little after 4:30. All the young people from Togo had arrived; with some coming from the village of Momé Hagou about 90 minutes' drive away to the north and east; and others ...
My Final Day in Africa
... , mostly Togolese slave quarters. We also grabbed a quick bite to eat of some local Togolese cuisine before heading to the Ghana-Togo border. Here’s a quick rant about the borders. Like I mentioned before, if you are a white visitor, you will have ...
Monday at camp
Today, Pierre came to pick us up at 7:30 as planned. We drove into the center of Lomé and I changed some money on the street. The hotel was offering 385 CFA Francs for a dollar. At the bank at the airport I had gotten 400/dollar, changing just enough ...
Work day in Lome
This morning while I was having breakfast, Jacob, a local member and Paul Tia arrived at the hotel. Jacob was on his way to work (he does electric motor repairs), Paul who had spent the night at Jacob's home, asked to spend the day with me while Jacob ...
Sabbath in Lomé
... ; After the break to reorganize the chairs we had updates from a delegate from each country represented: Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Cameroon and Rwanda. They gave updates on the legal status of the association, any organizational changes, ...
Last day in Lomé
... have our second Togolese congregation. It will give our visitors the chance to meet other brethren, to see a bit of Togo, and give our other Togolese brethren the opportunity to meet our visiting leaders, which they will greatly appreciate. In ...
Traveling on to Lomé
... earlier than planned. That's because Air Ivoire, unexpectedly changed my schedule about two weeks ago, forcing me to leave Togo on next Tuesday instead of Wednesday as we had originally planned. Starting early will help us make up for the day we'll ...
Sabbath in Lomé
... for the members. He laughed when I said I was happy to give the sermon, but hadn't wanted to t presume. "We have a proverb in Togo" he said “when the head is there, one doesn’t put one’s hat on his knee.” That seemed to explain ...
Sabbath in Lomé - the start of camp
... and showed two half-hour videos of pastoral trips I had made in various parts of Africa and Europe (including a visit to Togo from a few years ago). They were very interested to see the different places where we have Church brethren. Just before services ...
Meetings in Lomé
Another full day. Kossi Fiaboé arrived at the hotel at 8:30 this morning and we drove through the mostly empty streets (it's Sunday). All the men were present on my arrival, so I set up my laptop and microphone so I can record the sessions. We ...
Friday in Lomé
... the study of the Bible. I finally arrived back at the hotel after 8:00 pm, just in time for dinner on French time. Togo was first a German colony (Togoland) up until the end of the First World War when it was taken over by the French as part of ...
Voodoo, who do?
Pick pockets galore in lome, a few people got stung and a voodoo under current. Unsettling but not scary, a togo party was had by the ...
Lome la poubelle
... , but what do I know. To carry on our cultural journey of voodoo discovery we decided to visit the fetish market in Lome. It turns out 'fetish' means an entirely different thing for animists than kinky sex people so whilst pleased at the lack of leather, ...
Monday in Lomé Togo
Monday, I decided to let my ladies sleep in. Due to a combination of jet lag (not sleeping normally), and the African climate, they have all three felt tired through the day almost every day. Tatiana and I finally went down for breakfast at about 9:30, ...
Now in Togo
... , Prosper probably gave an official a "tip" for this favor, but I didn't ask any details. We didn't have visas for Togo. A Togolese visa from their embassy in Washington DC costs $100 per person, plus processing fees that can be up to another $50. ...
Lome & Kpalime, Togo, December 8 & 11 - 12, 2007
... was still in effect. The rest of us all spent the day in on the beach in Agbodrafo since Dave viewed Lome as a potentially very dangerous place. They returned after dark having been unsuccessful in their quest but with extensive stories about ...
Overdue Photos!!!
Here is a sample of my photos. There are pictures of the ship (a few), the island of Tenerife, Loro Parque, and Mount Teide. This is mainly the things that happened outside working hours in Tenerife. I will post a few of Africa very ...
Rest day in Lomé
Another full day, as they all seem to be when traveling here. Mr. Fiaboé arrived right at 8:30 so we could start our morning seminar at 9:00. Using PowerPoint slides, I covered the importance of our role as leaders in showing a positive example of ...
Lomé
... die ganze Anlage. dort hab ich mich mit ein paar Stewardessen unterhalten und dabei dann erst geschnallt, dass an der Grenze zwischen Togo und Benin eine Zeitgrenze liegt, so dass ich jetzt zwei Stunden hinter Euch bin. Gestern war ich noch beim Markt ...
University Hospital, Hospitality Center, Dental...
... do not drive safe, I will not pay you!" He simply said, "OK! OK!" He was a very safe driver, considering it is Togo. People really drive on all sides of the road here. You just can't understand until you have seen it! I was also ...