Life in Lome

More pictures! I wish I could have done this ages ago, but better late than never I guess!

Here are some snapshots of life in Lome including, in no particular order: the inside of a Taxi (most of them are in a comparible state of disrepair); some pictures from WAGES; the swimming pool - and me trying to convince Soke to take off her water wings; preparing Fufu (one of the most labour-intensive dished ever created, I think) and what it looks like after; playing soccer with kids from the orphanage where other STAESA volunteers work; one of the snazziest buildings in Lome... I believe it's the headquaters for the national bank; some road-side retail; driving along the Ghanaian border; me with some members of my host family at a funeral (yes, those are matching outfits we're wearing - it's common for everyone in the family to wear the same pattern for the occasion); my laundry hanging out to dry; my most favourite condom ad ever (you should have seen the billboards); some colleagues I had to trick into smiling - most people will keep a straight face for pictures so sometimes the only way to get smiley pictures was by stealth (though some of them did smile willingly), the cat, and a picture of the sunset on downtown Lome traffic taken from the back of a motorbike.