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Crossing the border from Ghana into Togo felt like getting back to genuine Africa.

Away from modern conveniences and into overcrowded bush-taxis, driving like there’s no tomorrow (which more than once got close to true).
We had entered the hilly Danyi Plateau and were travelling on twisting roads through jungle-covered hills, to get to the Benedictine monastery outside the small village of Dzogbégan. The monks at the monastery are famous for their huge orchard, attracting people from faraway to come and enjoy their produce.
Things like carambola-jam, home-processed cheese, honey vinegar and freshly baked baguettes are just a few of the products they sell.
The call of the sirens for me was the homegrown coffee, served at breakfast with the full board offered at the monastery.
As we arrived all the rooms were taken, but the friendly monks directed us to a convent only two kilometres away. The nuns at the convent where more than happy to accommodate us - offering the same full board - so I fell asleep dreaming about freshly brewed Arabica and Robusta beans.
To my disappointment the nuns served (just like everywhere else in West Africa) instant Nescafé.
But the

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Hi Bobbie! Some news and a bit of reassurance would be most welcome my friend. I would have hoped for something other than Miss Malaria, as you call it, for your next rendez-vous at the border of Niger! Tough shit that is, but Africa is also famous for its unfriendly mosquitoes, as we all know! I'm sure Aili is taking good care of you, and i like to believe you're alright. You're a strong man! Drop a line if you can, will you.

hey bobby great to hear from you and see your doing such wonderful and beautiful travels , bit jelous really. i am trying to set up a yoga business here in my town, cos i hate the 9-5 work life. loving life. good to see your smiley happy face. good times

Talk about ending with a cliffhanger... just make sure you go out of your way to keep her in check, here's hoping for a recovery without relapse. Oh, and as as always, a fascinating read!

WOW - Im so impressed with your travel experiences and your photography is simply amazing! It brought a tear to my eye, really! Hope you're having a fantastic time out there... ps - you dont know me, im just a traveller interested in Africa!

The beninese are unfriendly because they don't want you to talk or ask them about those old days, stupid things like "voodoo". They want to progress, not stay the same as they used to be 40 years ago. You would have been very welcome if you went there to talk about how Benin is developing(technology or example). About the transportation, it does happens. Taxi drivers are those who went to school for years and never got a job. At least they want to do some instead of being homeless or thieves. Just like in the U.S(in New Orleans for example) there are poor people living, there are also those kind of people mainly in the Norh. They are the ones in the country who chose to stick to their cultures that are completly the opposites of the real world now. I congratulate you for such experience you had. You might be wondering :who is this personne talking about Benin so much.Well I am from Benin. I am glad that people like you want to know what is going on out there. Did you learn french over there?

Hi Bobbie! Some news and a bit of reassurance would be most welcome my friend. I would have hoped for something other than Miss Malaria, as you call it, for your next rendez-vous at the border of Niger! Tough shit that is, but Africa is also famous for its unfriendly mosquitoes, as we all know! I'm sure Aili is taking good care of you, and i like to believe you're alright. You're a strong man! Drop a line if you can, will you.

hey bobby great to hear from you and see your doing such wonderful and beautiful travels , bit jelous really. i am trying to set up a yoga business here in my town, cos i hate the 9-5 work life. loving life. good to see your smiley happy face. good times

Talk about ending with a cliffhanger... just make sure you go out of your way to keep her in check, here's hoping for a recovery without relapse. Oh, and as as always, a fascinating read!

WOW - Im so impressed with your travel experiences and your photography is simply amazing! It brought a tear to my eye, really! Hope you're having a fantastic time out there... ps - you dont know me, im just a traveller interested in Africa!

The beninese are unfriendly because they don't want you to talk or ask them about those old days, stupid things like "voodoo". They want to progress, not stay the same as they used to be 40 years ago. You would have been very welcome if you went there to talk about how Benin is developing(technology or example). About the transportation, it does happens. Taxi drivers are those who went to school for years and never got a job. At least they want to do some instead of being homeless or thieves. Just like in the U.S(in New Orleans for example) there are poor people living, there are also those kind of people mainly in the Norh. They are the ones in the country who chose to stick to their cultures that are completly the opposites of the real world now. I congratulate you for such experience you had. You might be wondering :who is this personne talking about Benin so much.Well I am from Benin. I am glad that people like you want to know what is going on out there. Did you learn french over there?