02/25/2009 Lome (Togo) Chez Allice
Hiya her
Well, here is another entry in our blog. The last time, did you us to Beyin Beach Resort Persecuted in Ghana, where Daniel has recovered from his malaria successfully.
was about a month after Ghana's time to think about further travel and we have put up one morning, towards Togo.
For a quick stop at the Green Turtle (two nights), we met a cool English Zimbabwean pair (He Englishman) and agreed that maybe we go together through Nigeria. Then we went to Takoradi, where we have our vehicles is a long-deserved Autowaesche indulged:
Tchova in the laundry (so clean he was not even before we left: o)
drove on the same day we were heading to Accra, we were not from a brief stop in Cape Cost (old slave-trading city ) stop and visit the fort and visit the national park. Again a jungle park, but with a very impressive Canopy Walk (suspension bridge in the highest treetops of the jungle)
The old fortress ...
... was well defended!
on the Canopy Walk in the park
lousy high!
drove After an overnight stay at the Hans Cottage Botel, we continue to Accra. Phu, Accra for us was the epitome of an ugly African metropolis! A lot of dirt, a lot of people mad, incomprehensible road rules ...
And to make matters worse we had to stay a few days in Accra to organize the beruechtigterweise not come nearly customizable Nigeria visa!
The arrival in Accra was a lot of stress, procedures, and ask for directions again connected process. But finally we made it a nice guest house to find something outside of the city. From here we took a total of 3 trips to the Nigerian High Commission.
first Tag: There was informed us that copies of the ambassador needs to give us the visa. This list included just about every document that we have here. Of course, in duplicate! (Passport, visa Ghana, Carnet de Passage, the registration card, driver license (national and international), etc ...) made
That same day, we all copies and tried to 14.00 clock again seek out the message. This failed miserably at an empty taxi tank! After stop in the middle of the intersection of love taxi driver drove us (13.50 clock), with the assurance that it was not far off the Virgin Nigeria airline! What Flo had a very tiny little outburst o)
second Day: We made it then all of our copies to the embassy and were promptly served (by the many copies of workers overlooked the good news that we have no, demanded of him for proof of insurance had our car). What brought us to the conclusion that the whole Kopiererei was pure harassment!
third Tag: At last we stopped after an hour of waiting time due to computer failure, a disgustingly expensive (86 U.S. pp) Nigeria visa in my hands!
We only found out at Chez Allison, in Togo to Accra is probably the only capital city with Nigerian Embassy, the visas are provided without the invitation letter. The most difficult visa wars for us was driving taxis. Everything else just time intensive.
had After all the visa history, we definitely enough of the City and Grass together with Daniel and Robert, the shop all the time for Waeschewaschen, Alobartpflegen and Afromoebel verplaemperleten, towards Togo.
The border crossing was in the truest sense of the word an addiction. Even on a dark night, we stood in the midst of the bustle, were bequatscht from all sides and rumkommandiert. At some point there is in his fate and tries to leave the situation, or whatever, to cope with a smile. We succeeded, after a short "come-down" phase quite well and after about 2 hours we were in Togo.
were taken after an overnight ride through Lome before we Chez Allison, a small cozy Campement which by a very impressive led Swiss (Allison) is, who has lived 30 years in Togo.
We had then our final farewell to Daniel, Robert and Alobart. A little sad we are, spending time with them was great!
We now stay a few days in Lomé, do things like Waeschewaschen, Visumverlaengern, Tchovapflegen, diesel filters Search, etc.
look then we Togo still a little more closely and hope that we meet Ant and Nici back to the infamous Nigerian to go through together.
Much love Sarah and Flo
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