December 7, 2010
I am here in Kara (my regional captial) to do banking, eat some Western food and enjoy cold beverages, air conditioned hotel room (for 16US/night!) and use the internet which is the best connection I have found yet in Togo. Kara is a fun city, offering all the amenities and luxuries of Lomé with a much more relaxed atmosphere. As such I have decided to stay another night. So far post has been amazing and I am loving all of my new neighbors and friends. I have to get my act together fast though because people are definitely ready to start so,e work and I already have a few projects in the works…so much for not working during the first three months at post!
Well I have effectively run out of internet time living vicariously through other people’s facebook lives. However, now that I have a found decent connection I think I will be able to up load posts that I write from home and hopefully this will start looking more like a blog than sporadic entries. Perhaps I will have more time tomorrow morning before departing for more trecherous travel back up north.