Monday 14 April 2014

Togo: Day 1 (2014)

Team Togo arrived safely after 14 hours of flying and 10 hours of waiting and bonding! We were greeted warmly by Laurent, his wife Gladys and a group of strong young men who transported all our belongings to “Casablanca” Apartment , our home-away-from-home in Lome, the capital city of Togo.

Day 1 focused on preparation: we began with a breakfast team meeting; visited the bedkit storage depot at a primary school. (The students are on a 2 week vacation). We had a great photo-op as mothers and their children gathered to collect water at the local tap.

We exchanged our currency in the down-town market area with a colourful character – see photo – with a unique way of doing business. $2 U.S. = 1,000 C.F.A. francs. We received wads of cash, in the confines of our van, while the traffic was whizzing around us and the hawkers were hoping to sell us their “authentic Italian, leather belts” through the window!
Both Lome and Canadian teams then went to the local supermarket to buy our provisions for the next 2 weeks – see us all at the checkout…

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