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Lomé Grand Market,
Tutto si trasporta in bilico sulla propria testa.
Lomé Grand Market,
Everything is transported in balance on one's head.
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One of my best plates ever, Togo, "collected" in Berlin. I deliberately say "collected", because I only used the knowledge about this vehicle and the relative proximity and gave free rein to my greed for extraordinary plates to get this photo. Fortunately the 2 hours drive was not in vain and I could be happy about my first new country for 2020.
Before that this vehicle had already been featured on Facebook and platesmania. Thanks to Jannis who pointed it out to me and congratulations to the first true Finder Princeps who has no problem with me posting this extraordinary event on Flickr even before him. Imagine what he must have thought at the first sighting. Togo in Berlin - simply incredible.
Ein westafrikanischer Staat übernimmt die BRD. Überall hat er bereits seine Botschaften eingerichtet. Vor allem in Deutschlands Gastronomie!
Another old one from an old hard drive from my trip across Western Africa. A street image looking down on an onion seller in the Capital of Togo. I like the addition of the cheeky chap on the bottom right corner!
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Lomé Grand Market,
Si trova vicino alla famosa Cattedrale del Sacro Cuore di Lomé , nel cuore della città.
Occupa un intero isolato ed è composto da tre sezioni: Atipoji, Asigame e Assivito.
La maggior parte dei venditori sono donne e bambini, e spesso si possono trovare artisti locali che suonano musica dal vivo al mercato.
Al mercato viene venduta un'ampia selezione di spezie, tra cui bastoncini di cannella , chiodi di garofano , noce moscata e anice stellato.
Lomé Grand Market,
It is located near the famous Sacred Heart Cathedral of Lomé, in the heart of the city.
It takes up an entire block and is made up of three sections: Atipoji, Asigame and Assivito.
Most of the vendors are women and children, and you can often find local artists playing live music at the market.
A wide selection of spices are sold at the market, including cinnamon sticks, cloves, nutmeg and star anise.
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"Lomé Grand Market", Lomè, Togo
Place de l'independance,
- al centro: il Monumento all'Indipendenza,
- a destra: la sede della Orabank Togo
- a sinistra: parte dell'edificio Hotel 2 Fevrier Lomé (102 mt - 36 piani).
Place de l'independance,
- in the center: the Independence Monument,
- on the right: the Orabank Togo headquarters
- on the left: part of the Hotel 2 Fevrier Lomé building (102 m - 36 floors).
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Sulla spiaggia, nei pressi del Lomé Grand Market, sono parcheggiati centinaia di moto-taxi "zem" e decine di auto utilizzate per il trasporto collettivo di persone e cose.
On the beach, near the Lomé Grand Market, there are hundreds of "zem" motorbike taxis and dozens of cars used for the collective transport of people and goods.
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Lomé, Togo. Young girls selling snacks every day. No school for them. Sometimes, they find it funny.
Place de l'Indépendance.
L'Hôtel 2 Février è un hotel di 102 metri e 36 piani, inaugurato nel 1980. È l'edificio più alto del Togo.
Essendo l'unico grattacielo di Lomé (e del Togo), è visibile praticamente da qualsiasi punto della città.
L'hotel fu costruito con un costo di 35 miliardi di franchi CFA dell'Africa occidentale e inaugurato nel giugno 1980 dal presidente togolese Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
Prese il nome dalla data, il 2 febbraio 1974, in cui nazionalizzò le miniere di fosfato del paese, dopo essere sopravvissuto allo schianto del C-47 del 1974.
L'hotel era originariamente gestito da Sofitel con il nome di Hotel Sofitel du 2 Février ma ha avuto una vita molto complessa con vari passaggi di proprietà..
Dal 2024, l'hotel rimane gestito in modo indipendente.
Place de l'Indépendance.
Hôtel 2 Février is a 102-meter, 36-story hotel that opened in 1980. It is the tallest building in Togo.
As the only skyscraper in Lomé (and Togo), it is visible from virtually anywhere in the city.
The hotel was built at a cost of 35 billion West African CFA francs and inaugurated in June 1980 by Togolese President Gnassingbé Eyadéma.
It was named after the date, February 2, 1974, when he nationalized the country's phosphate mines, after surviving the 1974 C-47 crash.
The hotel was originally operated by Sofitel under the name Hotel Sofitel du 2 Février but has had a very complex life with several changes of ownership.
As of 2024, the hotel remains independently managed.
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Lomé Grand Market,
il Grand Marchè è bruciato intorno 2019.
Da allora i governanti promettono di ricostruirlo e, nel frattempo, il mercato si svolge per le strade.
La quantità di bancarelle è così elevata che tutto il centro della città è un grande mercato a cielo aperto!
Lomé Grand Market,
the Grand Marchè burned down around 2019.
Since then the government has promised to rebuild it and, in the meantime, the market takes place in the streets.
The amount of stalls is so high that the entire city center is a large open-air market!
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Marché des féticheurs.
Nella piazza del mercato sono presenti tre grandi feticci rappresentati sotto forma di statue.
Questo credo che voglia favorire una buona stagione agricola.
Marché des féticheurs.
In the market square there are three large fetishes represented in the form of statues.
I believe this is intended to promote a good agricultural season.
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Al port noruec de Tromso vaig veure aquest preciós i veterà vaixell de pesca. No fou fins després, revisant la foto, que em vaig fixar amb el nom: Togo. Togo? El país de l'Àfrica occidental, en un vaixell de l'Àrtic? Podria ser que anessin a feinejar en aigues tropicals? Però sona estrany, considerant que les aigues de Noruega més aviat atreuen tota la feina pesquera possible...
Be, per internet he trobat una possible alternativa, hi ha un altre article a la wikipedia que vincula Togo amb els noruecs, i es tracta.... d'un gos de tir!!! El lider de tir del trineu (es veu que famos) corredor noruec Seppala. I per rematar la cosa, el tal gos es deia Togo en honor al almirall japonès del mateix cognom, vencedor de la batalla de Tsushima contra els russos!!!
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While walking along the Tromso harbour, I spoted this beautifully veteran fishing ship. Only latter I was interested in it's curious name: Togo. A Western Africa country the name for an Artic fishing ship? Well, maybe the captain had some unknown conexion, or the ship did tropical fishing expeditions...
But in Wikipaedia I found an explanation that links "Togo" to Norway. Maybe is the answer, or maybe not. Togo was a lead sledge dog in early XX Century which became quite famous. He was the leader of the sledge of Norwegian L. Seppala, who won famous races in Alaska.
To top it, the dog Togo was named after the Japanese admiral who won the battle of Tsushima against the Russians (but I find even less probable to name a fishing boat in Norway for a Japanese admiral)!
Quelque part au Nord du Togo... Photo prise depuis la voiture alors que nous roulions sur une piste dans la poussière....
Marché des féticheurs.
Uno dei venditori/guaritori, seduto nel suo stand, attorniato da feticci, statuine, ...
Marché des féticheurs.
One of the vendors/healers, sitting in his booth, surrounded by fetishes, figurines, ...
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One of my best plates ever, Togo, "collected" in Berlin. I deliberately say "collected", because I only used the knowledge about this vehicle and the relative proximity and gave free rein to my greed for extraordinary plates to get this photo. Fortunately the 2 hours drive was not in vain and I could be happy about my first new country for 2020.
Before that this vehicle had already been featured on Facebook and platesmania. Thanks to Jannis who pointed it out to me and congratulations to the first true Finder Princeps who has no problem with me posting this extraordinary event on Flickr even before him. Imagine what he must have thought at the first sighting. Togo in Berlin - simply incredible.
During my stay in Togo, we went to the village of Datcha-Attikpaye in the centre of the country accompanied by a journalist friend Charles AYETAN who had spent all his holidays there as a child. A great welcome, the adults and children were very excited and at one point they started playing a game with stones on the ground.I didn't understand much, but the atmosphere was great.