Thursday April 21st, 2011 Tema, Ghana in the Gulf of Guinea Latitude 05 degrees 37 minutes’ north- Longitude 00 degrees 55 minutes’ east Yesterday we were in the country of Togo. Also known as the Land of Voodoo, it is the birthplace and greatest stronghold of that particular practice of animal based beliefs. The market was filled with warthog teeth, porcupine skins and all manner of dried animal parts. It was hot, dirty and not all that pleasant. Also in abundance were street merchants pushing a wide variety of the usual cheap shirts, shoes and trinkets. Everywhere you looked you saw independent commerce in action. Women carry a complete kitchen on their heads and will prepare you a meal when asked. Long lines of trucks wait at the port, sometimes for several days, to load a
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