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Togo Hippopotamus Hippopotame
Atakpame, Togo West Africa
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

There is another small Hippo Icon on my map, directly to the right or East of the city of Atakpame, Togo. I want to find a Hippo. However, I also want to enjoy my life and not cook my brains from heat. It is really not that hot here, the rooms are designed for electricity and when there is no electricity, then too hot, because a person is using a room that is badly designed for the wrong purpose. I suppose I must look for hotels that have a group, or generator and pay for the petrol, and push them to use it.

I am thinking, I need to sleep outside, camping is maybe better.

Ok, I think I will go West towards Badou or towards Ghana, stay cool up in the mountains, then return to Atakpame after the rains start, I hope by then, I know more about Hippos in Togo.

Map of possible routes or trips from Atakpame to the small village of Atchinedji, Togo and pronounced Aht Chee Nay Djee.

These expeditions of frustration are both great, and mind baffling confusing. I decided to ask some questions of the two girls who work in the l’Amities Auberge about how to pronounced both the city of Atchinedji and the word Hippopotame in French, I also asked if they had a word for Hippo in the Akposso language, we have changed from Mina to Akposso now. The way they say to go it to go north towards Sokode, then come south, I think they have no idea. I need to travel to the road junctions, then ask some motos what is up and how to go.

I need to check on the name of the local language, I may be off stream.

There is a couple of web pages from some save the something web sites that talk about Hippos being in the Mono River, yet I cannot find anything specific as far a cities and clarity, just a lot of accusations.

http://moray.ml.duke.edu/projects/hippos/Newsletter/news102.html
http://moray.ml.duke.edu/projects/hippos/Newsletter/news60.html

I am always in wonder at the pure lack of specific facts, when, where, dates, times, who, in these save the planet sites. I truly suspect these information blurbs when they do not say or tell a person how to go and collaborate.

I am hoping to clarify sleeping and transportation before I go there, it looks like I need a home stay to have adequate time to see the Hippos, if they are even there.

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Anonymous said on Thursday May 3rd, 2007 12:38:00 AM

We went in about the end of April. We saw a bunch of Hippos from where the Power Plant was. They were far away but spectacular. The guards were a little pissed that we tried to go down the hill to get close. Our local buddy got fairly close. Took some good photos. Have you made it there yet? I show you if interested.

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Thursday May 3rd, 2007 02:49:00 AM

Thanks for the offer to show me, where you went I assume is Nangbeto at the Dam or Barrage.There is another road north of this road leading to Atchinedji, I am thinking I will go there.I am wanting the whole environment to feel Hippo and not to just see a Hippo. I did not see the area, it may be very Hippo feeling.I want to feel like I am in an African jungle and not at a Dam, the Dem keepers and the group around annoyed me, so I left. I needed to go with a girl or friends. Where are you? Who are you, what are you doing? Are you in Togo, I am in Badou, I come back to Atakpame, maybe, I did not see any YeeBow in Atakpame, only me.I want to go to Atchinedji and mabye stay En Famille or something like that, or home stay, or with severe luck, find a Chambre de Passage or Auberge there.I would like to go cultural and hang out for a couple of days next to this river Mono.I just do not know, thanks for collaboration that there is Hippos at Nangbeto, good to know where a reader or person can see them or have a good chance.