Lome, Togo - 1

We landed in the port at Lomé to an energy filled greeting with singers, dancers and stilt walkers. It is the capital of Togo. Togo is boarded by Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Benin. It is 22,000 sq miles (long and narrow) and has a population of about 8.6 million people. As the colonial town that had German, British and African traders it became the capital of Togoland in 1897. It was a key location for these traders selling their wares and getting away from paying British taxes. It is a key center of their economy from exports of coffee and cocoa and with the production of oil as its major product. They became independent in 1960 and their primary language is French. We did not spend any time in this city because we had a big afternoon outside the city. We drove by some lovely beaches in our way to Sanguera.

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