Togo!!

Hey Ya'll!

It's been a busy week in hospitality, hence my lack of blogging. Since we arrived in Togo 1 and 1/2 weeks ago, there have been new arrivals coming non-stop, and hospitality (the department I'm in) is in charge of welcoming and preparing rooms for new arrivals. It's really fun to watch the ship fill up with new people. We just got a new roommate last night. She's from North Carolina and her name's Stephanie and she and I bonded about how we have both been to Malibu, the Young Life camp :).

We are in Togo! And the city is so interesting. Women carrying bowls of fruit on their head and baby's on their hips, African men ask you to marry them on the street and people drive crazy here! It's also ridiculously hot and humid here. You go outside for 5 minutes and you are drenched in sweat.

There is a small market near our ship and here are some photo's I took when we were out the other night-

My photo's uploaded backwards- but here is the sunset near the market

Me and some of my roomies at the market

People carry stuff on their heads everywhere!

And babies on their backs. African babies are cute.

Mom, I took this chicken picture for you- there are chickens everywhere here and they are really really scrawny

The Togolese drive these little bikes called zemidjans (pronounced "zimmijon") everywhere and they are crazy drivers!

More to come soon (ish)!

Love,

Caitlin