Before I went to Japan, I had been told that the toilet situation was something to be experienced first hand. I heard tell of toilets with heated seats and shower toilets that give a refreshing rinse after you do your business. These toilets are the stuff of legend, and I looked for them every...

August, 2007

Several days after I returned from Togo the tenancy on my residence in Accra ended and as I handed over my keys, my status changed from volunteer to traveller.  I was now a snail with a house on my back and...