Author: Rebecca J Hogue
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Ghana Day 3
Read more: Ghana Day 3Since palm wine is mostly harvested first thing in the morning, this is how our day began. On our way towards breakfast, we followed our guide through the paths beyond the village to see the palm wine harvest. Palm wine is extracted from recently felled palm trees. The farmers cut a hole in the base…
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Ghana Day 2
Read more: Ghana Day 2Our day began with a hike through the tropical rain forest. The area was rather hilly, so the hike involved a lot of ups and downs. On our hike we passed through areas were farmers had cleared to make fields. The most common crop in these fields is cassava, which is used to make fufu…
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Touring Ghana – Day 1
Read more: Touring Ghana – Day 1We had a week to kill before our reservations at Green Turtle Lodge, and no idea what to do with it. We don't really like big cities, and there is very little “tourist” infrastructure in Ghana, so getting around and finding places to stay wasn't easy. Inspired by Marie McCarthy's kindle book Travels in Ghana,…
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Crossing Togo and relaxing in Lomé
Read more: Crossing Togo and relaxing in LoméSince we were almost at the Togo border, and didn't want the inflexibility of the bus, we decided to take a taxi from Doutou to the Benin/Togo border and then take some form of local transport (shared-taxi) across Togo to Lomé. In many ways that sounds more challenging than it actually is. Marianne arranged the…
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A flat tire and a visit to the local health clinic
Read more: A flat tire and a visit to the local health clinicOur day began with the discovery of a flat tire on the truck we had borrowed, so we added fixing the tire to a list of chores for the day (along with washing the fabric we bought yesterday, so that it can be dried and hopefully sewn someplace else along our journey). It is our…
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Exploring Doutou with Marianne
Read more: Exploring Doutou with MarianneAfter our short walk around Ouidah, we hopped back in the taxi and continued to Doutou (DUE – TOO), the village where Marianne lives. Marianne is a Christian missionary working to translate the Bible into the Saxwe (SAHW – WAY) language, living in a Saxwe community and learning the community language and culture. Her goal,…
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Wandering about in Cotonou
Read more: Wandering about in CotonouNot feeling like getting in another taxi or bus, we decided to spend the day wandering around Cotonou. We needed to find a bank machine to get some cash, and we wanted to pick up a different SIM for my phone in hopes of figuring out why text and Internet were not working. Since we…
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Bussing to Benin
Read more: Bussing to BeninToday we took the ABC bus to from Accra to Cotonou. The bus cost was 79 cedi each (about $40). We also paid 20,000 CFA for Togo visas (about $40 each). The bus company guy did a really good job of guiding us through the visa crossings – which was really nice – it made…