Hotel Lome

... , he picked out from Lonely Planet in what turned out to be a very rough neighborhood that gave me the creeps.  The hotel compound seemed secure enough but outside was a scene that looked like Beirut on a bad day - streets dark and deserted except ...

... (of which there are many).    Then we drive to a supermarket where I can buy bottled water without paying the hotel prices.  When we arrive at the first supermarket a sign informs that it is closed for inventory.  We start down the ...

... and that everything was negotiable. He counter offered with 55,000. I held firm and said I was sure I could get a better fare at the Hotel Ibis, I just preferred to work with him. Alidou finally agreed to my price. I told him I wanted to leave at 10:30 on ...

... to rain just after the photos, although the worst of the downpour missed the house. We saw on the drive back to my hotel that it did rain very heavily in other neighborhoods. Before parting Guy and Pierre agreed to come by tomorrow in the afternoon so ...

... dry out (we were all soaked with perspiration) and freshen up a little before the Passover service. We started out again from the hotel at 5:45. We began the Passover service at 6:30.  There was a power outage in the quarter as there often is ...

... to sleep for another 90 minutes. As I was having breakfast, a little after 08:00 the sky began to darken. Employees and the hotel and people in the street began scurrying around to prepare for a rainstorm. We are in the beginning of one of the rainy ...

... medicine here, i.e. bats, snakes, monkey paws etc.  An excellent display of the regional culture. Village Artisanal: Lome's artisan market on Ave du Nouveau Marche City.  A great place to watch artisans weaving traditional Togolese textiles, ...

... on a Friday (Koffi). In a few more years I might know all the names of the week in Ewe and Twi.   Back at the hotel, I worked until 2:30 when Kossi Fiaboé arrived to pick me up.  We were at the Church hall by little before 3:00 and started ...

... back to the truck by 4pm. We were meant to be staying at Chez Alize but luckily for us Nancy got it wrong and rocked up at Hotel Alize instead. They also took overland trucks and had room for us, but best of all they had an awesome pool so we all set ...

... nbsp; So visits of this kind are precious and priceless.   We left a little after sundown around 6:30 and I arrived back at the hotel at 7:00.  Tomorrow will be a very busy day.  If all goes as planned, I will fly to Abidjan, have a ...

... leaders asked to meet with me one more time before I left, so we could round things up. I suggested 9:00 in the morning at my hotel, and they agreed that would be good. I said goodbye to Paul Tia who I might not see tomorrow as he’ll be heading back ...

... for tomorrow. Then we drove back to the Ibis, which didn't appear to be serving dinner at all tonight, so I took a taxi to the Hotel Sarakawa down the costal road a ways, and had a pizza in their very pleasant outdoor restaurant. From it, one can hear the ...

... reach all of Lomé, a potential audience of 700,000 people.  I hope to be at my best.   After resting a while at the hotel I still didn't feel up to par, so I called Mr. Fiaboé and asked him to make my apologies to the church members who will ...

... be able to participate in this eternity-changing event.   We dropped everyone back at the Ogoudélés and I headed back to the hotel to continue working and to pack. Noel stopped to put some gasoline in the taxi. It was a typical Cotonou "filling ...

... I just walked by as if walking around in one's underwear were normal. One never knows what one will see....   We left the hotel in time to start services around 10:00. On the way, we passed the usual ecclectic mix of merchants and street activity. ...

... If it was nice then we would stay on the beach if cloudy drive to Accra. On our way to Accra. After breakfast at the hotel and goodbyes (everyone seems genuinely happy to meet us) we head to the border. The process with the car always takes time. Dave ...