We left 'Ouaga' and headed for Togo. I thought 'Uaga' was crazy! Its barely a 2 lane road that we were on, paved, but broken edges, Seemingly, a very remote road, it reminded me of the road to Hana in Maui. Despit e appearances and surroundings, this road was anything but remote. Very busy with bicycles, walkers and trucks, coming from the port city of Lome΄. Very few huts came into view, but there were a lot of people on the road, and women working in the fields digging furrows for crops they will soon plant. Glenn weaved around crossing goats and pigs at 160KPH, about 100MPH. I have never heard a car horn sounded so often.
At one point, we stopped for a bathroom break roadside. I saw and took a picture of a farmer plowing his fields. He came over and we tried to communicate. Matthew got out of the truck and came over to Bill and I visiting with the Farmer. He was muching on some chocolate wafers. The farmers eyes told what he was trying to say. Food, food! So we gave him 1 cracker, then two, with those gone, we gave him the box, and filled my water bottle for him (water bottles here are 1 liter. Even bug spray cans are HUGE) He was quite pleased, as were we. Back on the road and warp speed. I am talking inches between us and mopeds and people walking. Passing trucks with trucks oncoming and not much room to spare.
Glenn has a new Diesel Land Cruiser. Nice, great A/C.
I wish I could have taken a picture of the border crossing. A dingy building with an old desk and a bench in front of it. Again, people swarmed the truck. Clearly the nicest vehicle I have seen since landing, and white people driving means money. They sell maps, boxes, drinks books.anything. We made about 4 stops, including immigration for each country. (Burkina Faso and Togo)
We arrived in Dapaong about 5:45. we have a private house nest to Glenn's with a great view from the roof. We had dinner, sent our first blog, and went onto the large flat roof to marvel at the African sky for an hour, and said good night.
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