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Togo Slideshow
Togo
Travel Blogs from Togo
Bridges, Sickness and Basketball
... va means "how are you." Just a little free French lesson for ya! :) Well, yet another week has flown by! My time in Togo is going to be gone before I know it! I have now been here for seven weeks! I hope that you had a wonderful ...
Fun in the Ghana Sun
Hello All! Well, here we are again in front of a computer at an internet cafe. Who knew it would be so soon after our last update! We actually came down to Ho, the regional capital of Volta Region, for a Volunteer Action Council meeting which just ...
Saturated in Sub-Saharan Africa
Alright, ladies and gents. I recognise it has been more than a while since I was diligent enough to put something up here. Although, it's not all about a lack of diligence; the longer I live here the more normal and less reportable things seem. Also, I ...
VOLTA day 1
OVERVIEW OF THE REGION: The Volta region spans from North to South on the Eastern edge of Ghana. For four days we'll be touring the mid - Volta Region. Our "exoticadventureghana.com" Catalogue 2009 describes the Volta Region "as the microcosm ...
Thanksgiving in Togo
... that was there visiting some friends. I thought it was kind of funny that her first Thanksgiving dinner would be in Lome', Togo, West Africa! :) Thanksgiving dinner was pretty much the same food that you all had, but you might not have had rabbit! ...
Two weeks and first experiences
Dear All, Today I have been in Benin two weeks. It feels at once as if I have been here forever and as if I just arrived. I have been here long enough to be thoroughly sick of lizards and completely unconcerned about blackouts. I haven't been ...
Noticing changes
... ill, it just kinda happens weirdly. This morning was a great example. We head off this afternoon for our annual conference in Kara, Togo. I'm travelling there with the Sims, so I needed to get my stuff here to the south compound to put in the car and go ...
Lomé
Finalement changement de plan, comme de tte façon l'ambassade du LIberia sera fermé jusqu'à Lundi je préfère rester un jour à Lomé avant de repartir et rester avec Lawrence et sa famille. Parce que la halte à Accra c'est principalement pour le ...
A little disclaimer
As a sidenote, I should probably point out that not everything about the social centre is bad. They do actually do a lot of good work, and most of the staff are lovely and very enthusiastic about their work. Personally I think the Director should be in ...
Ho
16 Nov - Ho I've now got a couple of good days of cycling under my belt from Aburi to here, and definitely away from the hustle and bustle of the coast - still very very hot, and sweating bucket loads - Ho has a lot more of a rural feel about it, and ...
En route to the border
... , and I (among others, but the others didn't end up coming along in the end) all planned to make a trip to WALK ACROSS TOGO in one weekend. The country looked like it would be about 50 miles across at the narrowest point, but that point was far ...
Togothon day 3, part II
... -looking guys walked up and asked us our story. the guy with us told him in ewe that we were americans from Legon walking across togo. The guy seemed impressed and delighted, and gave money to the woman for our oranges, and 4 more and handed them to us: ...
A leisurely week and shopping.
Very few symptoms left over from my illness. I was not 100% Monday, when I had lunch at the local missionary home, but the hardy beef stew and boiled potato meal gave me courage. I found out about the missionary home, which is very close to my ...
I finally whipped out my camera!
So, I took this morning off work and went to the marchee with Lisa and Fiona to pick up things for my move up to the north compound. Mostly we ended up buying fabric, that's just a lot more fun. And Lisa's sewing lady, Elizabeth, was here when we got ...
Oh, a bit of everything really - The End is Nigh
... to fly to Sydney for a day or two. My mother would have to own 6 different phones! It was interesting, also, to note that Togo is also a noticeably different place to Benin, despite being so close. The same could be said for Niger, to an even greater ...
Togo Voodoo Woohoo!
... was from the 'Child's Play' movies and other Hollywood trash. We will never forget that day, woo hoo, something so different. Togo was a great start for us as far as the voodoo world goes and we leave Togo with lots of new information, understanding, ...
Where am I
... go back to sleep. Our first night in Togo was spent camping at one of the local schools up in the highland country of Western Togo. As anyone can imagine we were the center of attention, it seems that every kid and most of the adults in town came to ...
Site Visit
Happy Late Thanksgiving Everyone! We've been out of touch for sometime now since the internet is down at the only internet cafe in Techiman. We took a 20 min. taxi ride to Nkranza that has really fast service but only 5 computers. Well, we have much ...
Coffee Break
In Africa, "pause café" means much, much more than "coffee break". It means taking time from the pursuit of money or the focus on daily perceived needs and stepping away from the boss of time, gathering around food and drink, greeting with a hand shake ...
Once upon a time I went to a school in Togo
... in Australia, I had a conversation with my principal about the lack of discipline of some students. But today, I praised a principal in Togo about the discipline of his students. As we drove away from the dusty village school, we were all smiling. I was ...
Just some photos, really.
I'm sitting at the computer, missing election-night TV and trying not to gloat at everyone (only ALP voter about, you see), so I decided to upload some photos to distract myself. Although they're no different to the one's on my facebook, so if you've ...
A quick trip.
... without knowing what you want, you can quite easily spend for what you don't need. Tomorrow I'm finally going to visit Togo bethel ! Ill be going with my friend Amenuve who i haven't seen since soon after my illness.The tour is expected to last ...
Easter weekend - TOGO BABY!
... some drinks & then had lunch. THEN.. it was TOGO TIME BABY! The plan was to go to a village on the border of Togo & Ghana, but George (the village chiefs son) somehow managed to talk around the passport control guy & got us into Togo! HAAA, ...
Snakes
First real dirt road cycling to get here - Meryl did OK apart from one instance when the ITM adjustable handlebar extension I'd fitted started squeaking a bit - once I'd worked out what it was and tightened it again there were no more problems. One ...
I'm here!!!
Greetings all, I have finally made it to Parakou. After two full days of flying and two days at the guest house in Cotonou I am here in Parakou in a big oasis of Aussieness. I have already eaten a whole lot of food of a ladies head and bought ...
Aug 1 Day 32 Lome, Togo
... a museum which was small but had very interesting objects. Many of them were things that we had seen before but the Togo artifacts had more interesting designs and detail. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures in the museum. We ...
Over the River!
... we don't have to use candles to eat dinner! Did I mention that the food here is usually spicy? When we stopped at the Togo boarder on our way here from Ghana, the guards at the station gave us some of their food. Thankfully Matt ate a bite first ...
A month in.
... to the border of Benin and my Ancestral county and village of Aného and Aguan. Next week a tour of a cargo ship by the head mechanic and later that week, help-out a Togo radio broadcaster friend of mine to translate news into English. C you ...
Yobo, Yobo, donne-moi cadeau, merci, beaucoup!
... think they practice it. Also went to a market, and on the way saw some interesting voodoo stuff. Anyways - just got to Lome in Togo, and will spend the next 2 days around here, then back to Ghana! Yobo Yobo! Donne-moi cadeau! Merci Beaucoup! By the ...
Back to Parakou
Dear All, I write in something of a tired daze today. Tonight will be the last of our evening English classes, and I am in need of the rest. We started a fortnight-long morning class three weeks ago, then threw an evening one on top in the second ...