Things I learned on my second trip to Lome, the capital of Togo, where I went to enjoy a weekend and re-stamp my visa into Ghana: If you travel with a man, no one will direct questions to you—even about your own passport. If you don’t present it yourself, sometimes people never ask for your… Continue reading A Return to Togo
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Togo and Benin: The Story of a Blessing
My trip to Togo and Benin this past weekend with my friend Mette was filled with the kind of crazy adventures that places such as West Africa alone can give. We raced down wet sand paths on the back of motorbikes after getting caught in torrential rainfall, we shared taxis fixed for four people with… Continue reading Togo and Benin: The Story of a Blessing