Lome'

Lome, Togo, is about three hours from Accra. Five if you go the scenic route. Don't.
Nice beaches, right along the port area. Fun spot for music, including a great Lionel Ritchie tribute. Some good food though the promised great cheese and French wine alluded us.
The Cocoa Beach hotel is not at Cocoa Beach. You really had to have assumed that.

The Fetish Market: I can't really describe it. Imagine for a minute small, dead heads of animals and the attendant smell. Guess that does describe it. The photo won't do it justice. You really have to be there.

The fetish man will bless objects that bring luck, love, good health, virility (as this is a family blog, I won't quote him).

Fetish priests practice white magic. Only Nigerians practice black magic. Doesn't matter if you believe or not; it will still work on you. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

The border is a scene of terrific chaos. Americans pay more than Europeans to enter Togo. Hmpft. Getting back in to Ghana easy. If you don't have your Yellow fever vaccine card, you better have a small bill. If the official you get is watching a particularly riveting episode of a soap opera, it may take a while.