Lomé to Ouidah

Distance from Lomé to the Togo-Benin border is about 50kms. Distance from border to Ouidah – the voodoo capital of universe – is the same. Both countries use the same currency – West African Franc, CFA. Benin is the last West African CFA country on my trip. Cotonou is the biggest city in Benin, its […]

Yet another day around Lomé

With malaria breathing on my back and no rush to go anywhere, I stayed one more day in Lomé. I woke up with all symptoms gone after a 10 hour sleep. And I ran out of internet. It’s expensive here, 1000cfa is just 450MB valid for 3 days. I used it in a day, yepp. […]

A day around Lomé

I woke up with a slight headache but with no fever. I thought maybe it’s because of the AC but even with the AC set to a higher temperature my body still felt normal. I left around 8am. First I needed to get some CFA, I only had the little I changed yesterday plus some […]

Accra to Lomé: hello fever

How I didn’t want to leave Accra. It was comfortable & familiar. But then there is a schedule that runs on me. 1 May is holiday, I got two visas to handle in Cotonou and it would be good to be in Lagos over weekend, after all people work and Lagos isn’t a place where […]

Visa no. 12: Togo on arrival

Togo gives visa on arrival, 7 days, for 10,000cfa. The visa can be later extended in Lomé. I had to fill up a form and the main problem was telephone number in Togo that I had to provide. I copied two phone numbers of My Diana Guesthouse from The Rough Guide to West Africa and […]

I don’t want to leave Accra

Cape Coast to Accra: homecoming

I have no idea how many times I have been to Accra. It was my first visit to Africa, in December 2001 but the next visit was only in 2005 and since then every year several trips, all work-related, followed. At the beginning I used to stay in Novotel, right in downtown, a convenient place […]

A day in Cape Coast and Elmina

The day would be easy. Cape Coast and Elmina are I think one of Ghana’s biggest attractions with their slave forts and they are not far from Ghana yet another tourist attraction – Kakum National Park with its famous (possibly because it’s the only one around) canopy walk. Kakum National Park I’d seen once, it […]

Abidjan to Cape Coast

It took me long time to get off bed. I am not rushing to Ghana. I went out, had my coffees, a sandwich with some meat inside, tasty, and I also stocked up on gauze in a pharmacy that after the long holidays was finally open. I left maybe at 11am. There is little information […]

Easter in Abidjan

Ah how I didn’t want to go leave for Ghana. Abidjan is jolly fun, Ghana will be full of tourists. I woke up, pondered what to do. I stayed in Abidjan one more day. Monday was still holiday in Ivory Coast, majority of businesses was still closed. Having so much time and so few things […]