Back in the resto quick

Back at the same restaurant/hotel and it's night time. It's around 8 here even though my computer still says 4. No lizard yet tonight, but instead there are these small, hard, green, almost coconut like fruits falling from the tree above about every 5 minutes. They make a hard snap as they hit the cement or crash through a plant. Sitting next to me is a man from Amsterdam doing business with local cocoa growers. He calls the fruits les couilles de singe, but I know he has no idea. He says the cocoa he buys here is good but business can be a pain because the locals like their money up front and that is not how he is used to doing business.

I already feel like I've been here for a long time. Hard to imagine that the other Americans I'm here with I've only known for less than a week. I've been in Togo 3 full days now and it feels like much longer (in a good way). I think my body is starting to get on Togo time. 6 a.m. (when I've been waking up), hardly seems as early as it usually does. And fortunately I've been sleeping fine. And ya know I don't think the bathroom's are bad at all by general standards. Each stall has crammed into it a shower, sink, toilet and bucket (can't flush the tp here so guess what it's for!). Plus, the power's only gone out twice!

Whether you believe it or not, we already have cell phones here. Didn't picture myself walking around Africa with a Blackberry in my pocket, but in fact phones are very much the norm.

We've picked up juggling as a free time activity. When we have some time we take to the sandy street and juggle, 4 or 5 of us, in a circle, taking care to keep an eye and an ear out for the next motorcycle or passerby.

Could be a bit before I get another post up, but I have to go. A German student has a test to take on the internet and the fewer the people using the connection the better it will work. He's nervous but polite, so I'm not going to push it!