Day 82: Country # 8 Togo
Soutpiel Safari
John & Jenny
Tue 25 Jan 2011 21:36
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Day 82: Tuesday 25 January 2011. Chez Alice, Lome
Togo. N06 10.087 W001 20.437 Distance driven 264
km
We treated ourselves to breakfast at the Holiday Inn,
mainly to make use of their fast Wi-Fi service. What a delight it was -
the buffet breakfast, reminiscent of the old days at Holiday Inn Jeddah, and the
ultra fast Wi-Fi, the best since we left home. Then to Accra Mall for
final South African delicacies and on the road east towards Togo.
It was a pretty straightforward trip on a good road
surface. We made a 20 km diversion to Ada Fouah at the mouth of the Volta
estuary which was very interesting, especially the multi-coloured fishing boats.
As we approached the border the road deteriorated and there was a 50 km stretch
of road under construction by the Chinese.
The border crossing itself was, as usual, unsigned and
confusing. Jenny was trying to change over from her UK to SA passport but
the Togolese wouldn't let her use her SA passport as she hadn't got a Ghanian
exit stamp in it. She went back to the Ghanaians to see if they would put
an exit stamp in the SA passport, but they wouldn't play ball and she had to
enter on the UK passport which now only has one blank page!
Here at Chez Alice we have met up with our Oasis friends
and had a very convivial evening.
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