geography, weather, and bugs

A little bit about Togo geography… the closest region along the coast is Maritime, north of it is the plateau region, then centrale, then kara, then savane. Agou Akoumawou is in the plateau region—which I thought meant would provide us with less humidity than Lome, proportionate to the heat, but unfortunately that is not the case. It feels way hotter and just as humid, less the cool ocean breeze. And there’s a lot more bugs. Particularly spiders. C’est dommage. I've come to accept the fact that I'm going to permanently itch for the next two years.