One of the interesting things about living on the M/V Africa Mercy is the different ports that we pull into. We have been able to see so many different types of ships. Normally our port is a flurry of activity. The game of the day becomes what do you think is in the colorful bags they off load of the ship accross the way.
The other thing that we notice is the Togolese are extremely hard working. We watch many of the men work very long hours lifting these heavy bags in very very high temperatures and high humidity.
This ship is one of our favorites. (It reminded Mike of the Seattle Seahawks colors.) It pulled in the other night and off loaded some cars and left as quickly as it came in. It is one of the biggest ships that we have seen pull into our port recently.
Then this is an unusual sight....an empty port. When we woke up this morning the port was basically empty. The tugs were in their place and very little activity was happening. I have to admit it was rather nice to have a time of quietness in the port.
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