First outing out of Tumu
Finally after a month of being in Tumu I decided to venture out.
Destination: Wa
Mode of Transport: Tro Tro
Travel Time: 3 5 hours
This trip was to be an overnight stay in Wa to catch up on emails and meet some other VSO’s staying with Pete and his housemates, Hazel and Lesley. Pete is one of the VSO’s who came over on my flight. I went on this trip with Katherine one of the Canadian VSO’s in Tumu. She was showing me the Tro Tro ropes. We met at 6am at the station in Tumu and lucky for us there was a Tro Tro ready to go, we managed to get the last two seats. The roads are pretty bad and the condition of the transport is questionable, but both is something I have to get used to. We broke down a few times fixed things along the way and had to plug the water tank up and finally arrived in Wa about 11am. The ironic thing is that we got stopped at the police stop on arriving in Wa and the Tro Tro was thoroughly checked over – not for road worthiness but to make sure that the indicators and lights were working!!!!! – the police were after some cash.
Coming from Tumu, Wa seems like a bussing metropolis, so many people and so many cars. They even have traffic lights and street names!
Our mission for the trip was Internet so we headed straight for the café. It was great to finally check emails even though time was short. We met with Pete, Hazel and Lynda (Dutch VSO) and went for a drink and socialise. Tumu only has a handful of Folies, there are so many more in Wa, I am sure I looked like a local child who just stood and pointed and stared at the passing Folies.
Unfortunately our trip came to an end before we had a chance to check emails for a second time, we had to head back to the station in the morning to head home. We had an extra passenger on our return, Angel, a dog that Katherine was rehoming in Tumu so it could run free without the chance of being chopped. We tried the Tro Tro’s but one had just left and the next wouldn’t be for hours, so we bargained a taxi down to a reasonable price to take us home. Lucky we did as Angel was not at all well on the journey and I’m sure that the Tro Tro passengers wouldn’t have been too appreciative of it. Anyway the return trip took 3½ hours with only a couple of breakdowns. I am not sure what was more comfortable, Tro Tro or taxi, pretty close in the discomfort zone!!
Next trip Bolga and Tamale…
Destination: Wa
Mode of Transport: Tro Tro
Travel Time: 3 5 hours
This trip was to be an overnight stay in Wa to catch up on emails and meet some other VSO’s staying with Pete and his housemates, Hazel and Lesley. Pete is one of the VSO’s who came over on my flight. I went on this trip with Katherine one of the Canadian VSO’s in Tumu. She was showing me the Tro Tro ropes. We met at 6am at the station in Tumu and lucky for us there was a Tro Tro ready to go, we managed to get the last two seats. The roads are pretty bad and the condition of the transport is questionable, but both is something I have to get used to. We broke down a few times fixed things along the way and had to plug the water tank up and finally arrived in Wa about 11am. The ironic thing is that we got stopped at the police stop on arriving in Wa and the Tro Tro was thoroughly checked over – not for road worthiness but to make sure that the indicators and lights were working!!!!! – the police were after some cash.
Coming from Tumu, Wa seems like a bussing metropolis, so many people and so many cars. They even have traffic lights and street names!
Our mission for the trip was Internet so we headed straight for the café. It was great to finally check emails even though time was short. We met with Pete, Hazel and Lynda (Dutch VSO) and went for a drink and socialise. Tumu only has a handful of Folies, there are so many more in Wa, I am sure I looked like a local child who just stood and pointed and stared at the passing Folies.
Unfortunately our trip came to an end before we had a chance to check emails for a second time, we had to head back to the station in the morning to head home. We had an extra passenger on our return, Angel, a dog that Katherine was rehoming in Tumu so it could run free without the chance of being chopped. We tried the Tro Tro’s but one had just left and the next wouldn’t be for hours, so we bargained a taxi down to a reasonable price to take us home. Lucky we did as Angel was not at all well on the journey and I’m sure that the Tro Tro passengers wouldn’t have been too appreciative of it. Anyway the return trip took 3½ hours with only a couple of breakdowns. I am not sure what was more comfortable, Tro Tro or taxi, pretty close in the discomfort zone!!
Next trip Bolga and Tamale…
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