Country Info
- Lome
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 5,153,088
- Population
- TG
- Country Code
Lome Slideshow
Lome
Travel Blogs from Lome, Togo
Arrival in Togo
... 8217;est foutu de toute façon.” (rough translation : that’s the way it is here. They do whatever they want. Togo is finished anyway.” It’s not always pleasant visiting these places, but I always get to go back to the States. ...
Arrival in Togo
... not my intention to use the projector in Togo, that I would more likely be using it in other countries; I was just passing through Togo for a few days…. I guess he lost interest or decided getting his money was too much work, he let it drop ...
Some Pictures and Apology
... post some more pictures for you. I have two blogs left to write. The first is about my last two weeks in Togo and traveling home. The last blog is about my overall feelings and thoughts on my experiences in Africa. ...
Africa: Weeks 1 & 2
... . With that being said, let me try to just break up what has been going on the past two weeks. First, we arrived in Togo on Wednesday (10th). The reality of being here set in, but the chaos began just as soon as we had docked. We were ...
Visits by President of Togo & Don Stephens
... is also the reason Mercy Ships is cutting this outreach short. They usually stay in one country 10 months; we are in Togo for 7 months. The Africa Mercy will sail down to South America in August to have the generators replaced. Then the ...
Lost in the Matrix and Last Day of Seminars
... pharmaceutical company that wants to market a new anti-malarial drug at cost as a service. Pierre is one of their representatives in Togo, which has allowed him to purchase an old car. That’s still quite a blessing for a country as poor as this ...
Luxury
Breaking news: we have new air conditioners. Now we've always been the spoiled study abroad students with AC. But at least in my room it was never strong enough to allow me to sleep in anything heavier than a tank top let alone under a sheet. Plus ...
First full day in Lomé
... with radio and perhaps TV spot ads and brief broadcasts on targeted subjects. I believe this will be workable since the media situation in Togo is quite open. When everyone arrived, we began the study. We sang a hymn as they love to do here and I asked ...
Last full day in Togo
Today was a lighter day of activities; such days are welcome when they occur on busy trips. I continued working on office work, taking time to take some laundry to a dry cleaner I have used before nearby. Then I flagged down a taxi to the Champion ...
1st day UB; last full day in Togo (I hope)
... happy to welcome Kodjo Guenouh-Ahlidza, aka Homère, into the Christian family. It was a very nice way to cap off my time in Togo. Tomorrow I will have to be at the airport around 8:00 for the much hoped-for flight to Abidjan. We’ll see if Air ...
Oh To go to Togo
... to much." We couldn't help laughing. Our group of 6 piled into a Taxi and we headed to our adorable little hotel in Lome. Togo is francophone. This means so much more than everybody speaks french. This means the food is GOOD. Along the road women ...
US Embassy, Golfing Tournament, etc.
... don’t see that much of in Togo. Do not get me wrong, the place is not fancy, but it is certainly comfort for Togo. Anyway, after the gathering we caught another ride to this local village. There we found a little place we called home for ...
Van multimiljonnair naar medemens ;)
De vorige keer schreef ik dat ik steeds meer begon te wennen, inmiddels voel ik me ook niet meer continu een wandelende zak met geld, maar ook een beetje gewoon mens. Ik heb steeds meer contact met mn collega's en begin zo langzamerhand een aantal van de ...
Road trip north
... family situation (for the moment he only gets to see them on weekends), recent events in our Church, and the situation in Togo overall. Guy and Pierre had brought some leftovers from the meal we had shared on Saturday, and Maurice was most appreciative ...
Mijn eerst week
... veel van hun fondsen vandaan krijgt updaten, dat zal wel nuttig zijn. Gisteren zijn Meghan en ik trouwens naar Lac Togo gegaan niet heel ver van Lome. We namen eerst een echte taxi (ipv de taximotos (normale brommertjes die ronrijden en awaar ik met alle ...
Essen
Mittlerweile bin ich von Youki auf Malta umgestiegen. Malta ist eigentlich ganz normales Malzbier, aber hier schmeckt es irgendwie besonders gut. Neben Fufu gibt es auch noch andere Sorten "pate": In Ewe heisst es „Akoumé". Akoumé gibt es in ...
Meeting in Lomé
... time together. I suggested afterwards that it would be a good project for them to write a short history of the Church of God in Togo, and several agreed they would start working on it. Toward the end of the afternoon, the skies grew very dark, and it ...
Afrika!!!
... had) Toen Antoine van PDH geprobeerd te bellen, mukt niet, mobiel van het meisje van de receptie geleend en doordat ik naar togo belde meteen haar crediet opgemaakt... heb haar flink veel geld ervoor gegeven hoor ;) Zij is toen met me naar het busstation ...
Waterfall and More Water (aka--Sweat)
... to drive 2 1/2-3 hours north. It is amazing to thing that we covered almost the entire country (north to south). Togo is very small, but the vegetation changes very quickly. We went from a very dry, dusty place (with little grass), to a ...