Lomé is Togo’s capital – whether by virtue of its one paved road, or not, remains to be seen. At night its streets’ sandiness trip Volunteers who may be balanced-impaired (yours truly). Fires burn on tables of Togolese still selling wares. The moon is bright and when it is full it is supposed to be bright as day.
Some updates:
The hostel has a kitty cat called Milo. See pictures below.
We are going to the training site on Wednesday where we meet our host families.
The Togolese are beautiful people!
We will be issued kerosene lamps and gas stoves and got a brief lesson on how to use them. Great, more fire hazards.
Today we had demonstrations on how to use latrines, take a bucket shower, wrap a pagne around us, and talked about things to expect with host families (they will try to feed us too much).
We also learned how to put blood on slides to test for malaria, if the need should ever arise. No one has even gotten malaria in Togo who has taken their medicine correctly, though.
We also got our medical kits. Photos to come.
Yesterday we picked out our bikes and they will be at our training sites.
That’s all for now. I’m feeling pretty nauseous so going to bed early.
All those shots – no wonder you feel nauseous!
Hey, excellent post. Random thought, but I recently read that 70% of US Citizens do not have passports. I always thought it was the head/club itself. Something completely lower what I would have thought. Anyway, keep up the good writing!