Hotel Epsilon
Travel Blogs from Lome
First week in Africa
... a small fee to sit on the back of his bike. Explaining where you want to go can be difficult because there are no street names or street numbers here! You have to know landmarks near your destination, like hotels, churches, and pharmacies, and go from there.) The girl (of about 19) came in limping, with a dirty rag tied around her foot, and sweating profusely. When the nurse untied the rag, we saw that she had a massive gash near her ankle that would need two layers ...
On first arriving in Africa
... the others followed with harmonies and fills - it almost brought tears to my eyes. We left the Orphanage after thanking the children profusely for their impromptu concert and promised to come back soon. The doctor drove me back home, and I spent a lovely evening getting to know the family and Sofie. The next day I was going to go to the clinic where I would be working for the next few months. By now, my homesickness had completely gone, and I felt excited for what my time here would ...
Lows and highs in Lomé
... office. I got right in, and asked the agent if there was space available on the Friday flight. She nodded understanding silently and started typing at her keyboard. After several minutes she said non, Friday is completely booked. “How about Saturday?” She typed some more.
“Non, fully booked.”
“What about Sunday?”
More typing: “Non, fully booked.
"What about business class on any of those days”
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Lome
... wird und ich will mir den Fetischmarkt in Lome ansehen, für den angeblich auch Führungen angeboten werden. Mit einem shared Taxi die 15 km zum Markt, was nicht nur durch die langen Verhandlungen über den Fahrpreis, es sind dann 400 CFA (1 $ US), sondern auch durch die Beschaffenheit der Straße, die Guinea alle Ehre gemacht hätte, fast eine Stunde in Anspruch nimmt. Und im Gegensatz zu Accra kann man mit dem Führer dann auch Fotos ...
Road trip north
... They agreed that in most cases that would be best. Pierre’s wife is from Benin originally and doesn’t speak Ewe well, so that also has to be taken into account.
We finished up at the end of the afternoon, after what we all felt was very useful time spent together.
Guy will come back tomorrow morning one last time to help me run a few errands prior to my departure to the airport for the ongoing travel to Kinshasa, in the ...
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