I have wanted to post some pictures to this blog, but it has proved difficult. The wireless signal is at times very slow. Here are several that I have taken. The first is of the rear of our ship in port at Lome. The second is of a Togalese woman after the church service had completed, standing outside by the street. I snapped that picture out of the car window. The women here have beautiful dresses made out of bright colors, especially on Sundays for church.
The next picture below is to give you some idea of how crowded the streets are, and how dangerous it is to drive here. A motorcyclist ran into one of the mercy ships vehicles the other day. No one was injured thankfully. The most common form of transportation here is by motor bike. Entire families ride on one motor bike together without helmets. Most of my pictures are taken through the car window because its not safe to expose your camera, phone, or anything of value on the street. Thievery is a huge problem here.
Below is a picture of Summer and I. She is one of the nurses I met in Washington D.C. when we were stranded waiting for our airplane to be fixed. We are standing on the dock in front of the ship. The last picture is again to show that motor bikes are the main mode of transportation in Lome.
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