Togo

Togo

Border Crossing Ghana-Togo. Menuso. GPS N07 34.836’ E000 30.862’. This crossing point will bring you directly to Badou in Togo and is reached via the Yendi road when heading north from Jasikan. The turning off the Yendi road is not signposted, but is opposite a police post/customs check point on the left hand side of the road. The minor road leads directly to the border crossings of Menuso (Ghana) with both customs and immigration and Badou-Djindji (Togo) with only immigration; the Togo customs post is in Badou itself, 250m on the left hand side beyond a small bridge and on the main road to Atakpame. All the officials were very correct and pleasant.
Akloa. Auberge de Akloa. GPS N07 30.835’ E000 36.511’. The auberge is not signposted, if in doubt ask at the village office where you pay to visit the falls and pick up a guide; you may well walk past it on your way to the falls!. The auberge is managed by a villager who will arrange for a good Togolese meal to be brought over; it is recently built and consists of rooms and an en suite ‘apartment’. The apartment is as cheap as chips, so camping is not necessary, and very adequate, although without running water when we were there (large buckets and scoops sufficed). Should the electricity be running then hook up is possible.
Lome.Chez Alice. GPS co-ordinates ‘misplaced’, but for Lome use the Mercure co-ordinates below. To the east of central Lome, follow the main beach/coast road past the port and oil depots. Not signposted until you are at the entrance, which is on the right hand side of the main road. Chez Alice is great value for money with excellent basic accommodation, good food with a Swiss German touch and cold beer. Cheap as chips so there is little reason to camp, the better huts are those not on the beach side. Electricity hook up is possible. In Lome and on your way to Chez Alice on the beach road you will pass the Mercure hotel (GPS N06 08.252’ E001 15.957’), wifi is available here at a reasonable hourly rate.