Category Archives: Togo

So, where exactly did we drive?

Over the past couple of weeks I have been getting my head around the GPS co-ordinates that Nev collected (and I presume is still collecting) and I have managed to load them into Google; not exactly as I wanted but … Continue reading

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Actual Camping Locations #1

I am currently sitting at the back of a bus heading for Knysna from Tsitsikamma on South Africa’s famed Garden Route with a bit of spare time so thought I would flick through a post to let you all know … Continue reading

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Snapshots of West Africa

Vibrantly clothed women balancing bundles of firewood and huge basins of water on their heads with grace and ease; wizened, toothless old men sitting in the shade of a tree and watching the world go by; laughing, barefoot, partially clothed … Continue reading

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The road less travelled…

Having left the relative comforts of English speaking Ghana we made our way towards Lome (via a single bush camp from Accra) the capital of Togo and French-speaking West Africa’s smallest nation.  The first thing that struck me about Togo … Continue reading

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Monkey Business

Togo is more incredible than I could possibly have imagined, however I will dedicate a more detailed blog entry about it at a later date! So; we pulled into Chez Alice, a small campground on the outskirts of Lomé (capital … Continue reading

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Togo Excitement

I have just woken to see the crescent shape of the moon peering down at me through our mosquito net in a field around an hour outside of Accra towards the border with Togo. The reason that I am up … Continue reading

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