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A leisurely breakfast this morning as we pack our bags and check out of our hotel. Today we head to Benin, but before we depart Togo, we have an interesting morning ahead of us. Aneho is found 48km east of Lome, approximately an hour's drive from the capital and was historically known as Little Popo. An important town during the slave trade era as there was a local slave market here. The neighboring town of Sebe was formerly the second capital of German Togoland from 1887 to 1897 when it was transferred to Lome. On arrival in Aneho we take a pirogue across Lake Togo to Togoville which is on north eastern side of the Lake. Togoville is historically known as the center of Voodoo in Togo. Many Voodoo practitioners were taken as slaves from here to Haiti. The chief's house known as Maison Royal has a room that houses the old King's throne which dates to 1884. It is in this room in 1884 the then chief Mlapa III signed a peace treaty giving all of what was then known as Togoland to Germany. As we mix with the locals walking through the communities, we will visit the many active shrines learning their importance to the locals living here. Prior to setting off back to Aneho we also visit a shrine that commemorates the appearance of the Virgin Mary on Lake Togo in the late 1970s. Our lunch will be taken at a nearby hotel before the next exciting part of our West African adventure Ouidah the birthplace of Voodoo. It should only take approximately 2 hours to cross the border into Benin and reach the ancient town of Ouidah. On our arrival in the afternoon, we will check into our accommodation and relax for the remainder of the day.