We took a Peace Corps vehicle on our trip to Benin so we were able to see a little bit of Togo along the way. The beaches seemed a little cleaner than the ones in Benin and Ghana. 
Scott looks out over the ocean.
Jordan and Jennifer relaxing in the shade.
Hermit crabs were all along the beach.
This is the restaurant we ate at on the way.
We ate some pretty good food there too!
When we hit Lome it was quite an adventure. The main highway was covered in rocks and downed trees. There were lots of men standing in the middle of the road. A moto drove up next to us and motioned to us to turn around. We were not certain of what was going on. Once we had turned around, we found out that it was Togo’s independence day and there were people demonstrating in front of one of the government buildings. We just had to take a little detour around the city to get home.
We had a little trouble at the Togo Benin border on the way home. Going to Benin we all stopped at the Togo side and got our visas stamped. When we got to the Benin side they said we did not need to stop and we could go on. We all should have known better. On the way back we stopped in Togo and were made to go back to Benin because we never got our visas stamped there. We got escorted by the immigration officer. They made us wait around for a long time. The two best French speakers we had talked to one of the higher ups. He wanted to speak to the driver although he spoke no French. Finally after he yelled at the driver in French he let us go and they stamped our passports.
Here is the officer in our vehicle.
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