Accra is a massive sprawling capital, a complete contrast to the rural Togo we had just left. Huge amounts of traffic entering the city, tower…
Accra – Out on the Razz!
We headed to Accra just as the weekend was beginning in need of a good dance! The Date Palm Hotel, the cheapest room in town…
Ten Days in Togo
Terrific Togo is teeny tiny but totally tremendous. We drove into Lomé (the capital) along the blustery Atlantic coast line road, which makes it easily…
Plan Togo – Pascaline is not a Goat
Having worked with Plan for the last couple of months and being impressed with the ethos and execution of their projects we knew that the money…
Atakpamé – A City With a View
Atakpamé in central Togo has been our favourite city so far. On arrival we were greeted by a spectacular view of the sun setting over…
The Fanny Man Can!
There is very little that beats hearing the jingle of an ice-cream van on a hot day, so in the relentless heat of Togo we…
Benin Briefly
Benin was a complete contrast to Senegal and we found it a lot harder travelling here. Saying that however it struck us both as a…
Ouidah – Curses and Coastal Breezes
Ouidah was our last stop in Benin, we had come in the hope of finding out more about the reclusive voodoo practices and its history…
The Amazons of Black Sparta and Benin’s Warrioresses
Before 1975 Benin was known as Dahomey after its pre-colonial empire, a civilisation which dominated the southern region for nearly three hundred years (c.1620 –…
Pineapples, Power-cuts and Liberating the Tortoise –Farm life in Benin
Nestled in the beautiful agricultural region of the south near a village called Adjohoun we found our second WWOOF farm. We stayed in the home…