A Year With No Fork: Expectations and Initial Comparisons

This was not true at all, but it is funny to note that the travel book that we were using specifically referred to the beach in Lome' as "the public restroom of the city." The soldiers told us, in French, that we broke the law, and would have ... So, as is customary in situations like this in developing countries, we went into negotiations with them, which culminated with me having to go back to our hotel to get all of the money that we had (about $300) to pay them off. ...