Lome, Togo

Lome is the capital and largest city of Togo.  It is located on the Gulf of Guinea and is the country’s administrative and industrial center and its chief port.  The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra and palm kernels.  It also contains an oil refinery. Some of the most popular tourist attractions are the Grand Market and the Voodoo (Fetish) Market.

Eight of us took the shuttle to town and walked around the market.  We had no desire to see the voodoo ceremony where they cut the head off a chicken.  The Fetish Market specializes in the traditional ingredients used by sorcerers, including porcupine skin, wart hog teeth and bird skulls. I found out later from someone who went to the Voodoo village, that it was very put-on and no chicken had his head cut off.   It was about 100 degrees in the shade and we couldn’t wait to get back to the ship.  I did buy another mask and now have one from Indonesia & one from Africa.