Finally I get sometimes to lead to the blog, though at some time.
The land, the city
looking from the plane is, Togo, as well as the other countries below the Sahara, from orange-brown and green areas.
The lakes and rivers are brown, most of (arable) land green and the orange city.
from the ground, it will change much. Most roads in Lomé and Kpalimé consist of a brown-orange - the color of the soil and thus the dominant color - Gravel and have additionally neat to potholes. The major roads in the city, and the roads connecting the major cities are paved.
The houses, like mine, are built of stone and usually consist of only one floor. The larger houses, like mine, are of a 1.5 - 2 meter high stone wall surrounded the garden and which sometimes even small workshops are included. In line Zentrun smaller boutiques, next to each other lying in the streets. Only very sporadic finds multi-storey houses, such as two hotels.
The smaller "houses" are the so-called corrugated iron huts, usually up to 20m ² with wooden walls and a corrugated iron roof. These huts are also isolated "residential houses", but mostly small stalls that are still in front of the stone houses on the street. Just in the center of town and Mark almost exclusively, the shacks consist only of the cornerstones and are laterally open.
The center consists of many shopping streets and the market. It is noticeable that there are some "Design Kits" are to be found precisely in the same street several times. On the market and the business life, I would like to respond differently when separated.
The street life
The roads are always very lively. Most Moto, scooter taxis that carriage drawn for 100 CFA (15cent) within the city, is used for longer trips, are they ever be found a little more.
The cars here are often old, German products, to recognize the big "D" sticker that came on in years and already a lot easy to just go.
are on the road, it mainly to observe a rule of the jungle: At the lowest level there is the normal pedestrian, followed by the Motos, then the Cars and finally the trucks that are not as much to be found.
If you go on the road, so you have to constantly keep your eyes and ears open if you get not just the trace of the fittest. Conveniently, used here as the main means of communication the horn, sometimes even the flasher. When overtaking or which is approaching a crossroads-passed an accident. In itself, it works amazingly well, without any signs - and if they are unnecessary anyway - even traffic lights are. In Lomé, this may perhaps be slightly different, on the one hand there are a lot more traffic, the other was on a particularly large intersection and the traffic of Police conducted. In any case, a constant honking can be heard, that almost never, as in Germany, "evil" is meant.
The homes
The Wohnsäusern, there is the one who, as a house are built and others that are like a farm of several individual rooms that are not directly connected to each other.
My house is connected. It is a large living and dining room, a very small kitchen and several bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
The kitchen is tiny and consists of a Spüllbecken, However, without water and a classic stove / oven. The stove consists of clay, no two feet high, has an opening below for the charcoal and an oval-shaped storage space for a pot. This charcoal stoves I've seen so far exclusively. A family like ours, with currently seven members (the food but not all at the same time) can cook with it.
is especially beautiful and unusual not my house. Both the floor and the walls are made of stone and concrete. The living room has a large dining table and 2 small tables. There is also a wooden sofa and chair, but without reference. One must, however, Do not miss: the television. The reception is not perfect, but still the box runs quite often and shows French soaps, news, music videos and commercials!
However, this is the only electronic device. Sockets and flowing stream in place, but there are frequently blackouts. These always involve an entire neighborhood and mine is very often made, which forces us to candles and oil lamps, since it is dark at 18:00 clock.
is to shower and the toilet using a bucket. It is also running water, but water is generally used sparingly. With a bucket, a Sponge network (traditional sponge, which consists of a network and thus dry quickly) and to wash a cup consumed, really little water, barely half a bucket. To flush the toilet, a bucket is emptied into the toilet. But I need the toilet more water than for most showers.
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