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Traveler DenialKpalime, Togo West AfricaSaturday, March 31, 2007
SWEDISH GIRL I WANT TO FORGET:I met this Swedish girl, yesterday in the Gomido Bar, makes me appreciate the Togo women. There seems to be a propensity for the less-than-up-to-snuff-looks-wise (ugly) white people to come to Africa, however I better be careful, I fit into this category, as I am white.
This woman has traveled many countries, she was annoyingly Swedish, and there are two types, the ones that are balanced, and the ones that are snobs. A country making large weapons, probably selling them to the Islamic world and invaded by 1 million of them on their free money system and she is complaining about the USA system.
I have never eaten in the Gomido, and I suspect it is recommended in the Lonely Planet that was sitting on the table.
I made a comment about Africa being expensive, she said,- I have no problem […]

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