Hohoe

Ho and Hohoe are not far from each other, so we took the long way round. As it became a habit we again missed a turn somewhere. No worries, we got there. The womens-cooperative-pottery on the way at Kpando (reason for the detour) had some nice things, so we bought some, and left one we paid for behind :( (didn't realise until Ouaga - a bit far to go back)

 Checked in, changed rooms because the airco didn't work and went of to the falls before dark. A 30 minutes drive, 40 minutes walk through the forest. The falls are higher than the one in Banfora (Burkina), they give a big cloud, where I stand in the picture it is like taking a shower, nice and refreshing, but wet. After a quick clothes change and putting my shirt on inside-out we had dinner in a small place where we got some friendly advice from two girl who came from where we going. A slight difference is that they travelled on the back of a pick-up and by local mini bus. It took them two looong days and they looked rather broken. The photos they had showed some pothole, but as they did it by local transport our 4 x 4 should manage.

Do these falls make me look fat?

[additional text by Hazel]

Back at the hotel, after dinner we faffed around, made a point of asking for a second towel, and top sheets, washed our dirty feet in the bidet, and lounged round semi-undressed reading and drinking tea as part of our evening wind down, when out of the corner of my eye I did spy a rat! we went and asked the evening receptionist for help, but we couldn't find it - so ended up dressing and relocating to the original room we'd had, where the airco was now working. I was relieved that the guy understood that we wouldn't want to sleep in the same room as a rat, but was peeved that we were apologising for being trouble, rather than the hotel grovelling

the rat did not help us to maintain sanity