From Wikitravel

Togo is a narrow country in West Africa, sandwiched between Ghana on the west and Benin on the east, with a small border with Burkina Faso to the north, and a 56km coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the south.

Contents 1 Regions 2 Cities 3 Understand 3.1 Climate 3.2 Landscape 4 Get in 4.1 By plane 4.2 By train 4.3 By car 4.4 By bus 4.5 By boat 5 Get around 6 Buy 6.1 Costs 7 Eat 8 Drink 9 Sleep 10 Learn 11 Work 12 Stay safe 13 Stay healthy 14 Respect 15 Contact

Regions

• De La Kara
• Des Plateaux
• Des Savanes
• Centrale
• Maritime

Cities

• Lome
• Atakpame
• Kpalime
• Badou
• Aneho
• Kara
• Dapaong
• Sokode

Understand

French Togoland became Togo in 1960. General Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, is Africa's longest-serving head of state. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government continues to be dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967. In addition, Togo has come under fire from international organizations for human rights abuses and is plagued by political unrest. Most bilateral and multilateral aid to Togo remains frozen.

Climate

Tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north.

Landscape

Highly variable stretching from north to south. Gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes.

Get in

It is cheaper to buy the Togo visa at the border rather than going through traveldocs.com. Traveldocs.com, however will probably be less of a hassle so that you do not need to renew your week-long initial visa or have to pay 30,000 CFA extra.

By plane

Several airlines offer regular flights to Lome. But flying directly to Togo is often more expensive than flying to Accra in neighboring Ghana. Comfortable, air-conditioned, and reasonably priced busses leave Accra for the border at Aflao. At Aflao, travellers must walk across the border into Lome and find their own transport inside Togo.

By train

By car

You can rent a porsche carrera GT for just 50p in Togo.

By bus

By boat

Get around

Buy

Costs

2,000 CFA (francs) can get 2 or 3 people a taxi ride in Lome of about 20km. A fist-size ebony elephant or other carving costs about 3,000 CFA. 100 CFA is an acceptable payment for another kid to do your homework. A man can have a shirt made for less than $10. (At the time I travelled, 1,000 CFA= $2 USD). A necklace costs about $5.

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Learn

Work

Stay safe

Stay healthy

Drink bottled water such as Volta or sachets of "Pure Water". Bissop juice is also fairly safe as it is boiled, avoid the lemonade "citron" despite it's delicious aspect. Stay away from road-side meals if possible. People relieve themselves in the streets in Lome, so be aware of that.

Respect

Contact

Lome has Internet cafes, and they are cheap. You buy time by the hour (something like a couple dollars an hour), but most of the cafes feature very slow computers and internet connection speeds. You can buy calling cards along the street. It is, however, much cheaper for people in the United States to call with their calling cards to a Togo cell phone.

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