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We Finally Arrived in Lome!

Greer met us at the airport.  We took a taxi to the American School Boarding House, where she had reserved a room.  It is one of the top budget places to stay in Lome because it has air conditioning and NO BED BUGS!
It took us 24 hours of travel time to reach Lome.  It had been a year since we'd seen Greer and we were so happy to see her!
Here we are on our bush taxi to Kara and Yade.  It was an old 15-passenger van (called a "15 placer") that had had two fold-away seats and a bench added.  During our 6 1/2 hour journey (according to Greer, a very quick time to Kara--and no bathroom stops!), we had from 16-20 people in the taxi at any time.  Greer bought an extra seat so Mother and I would not be squished.