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Month: May 2012

Touring Ghana – Day 1

May 31, 2012 becky Leave a comment

We had a week to kill before our reservations at Green Turtle Lodge, and no idea what to do with…

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Crossing Togo and relaxing in Lomé

May 30, 2012 becky 1 Comment

Since we were almost at the Togo border, and didn't want the inflexibility of the bus, we decided to take…

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A flat tire and a visit to the local health clinic

May 28, 2012 becky 1 Comment

Our day began with the discovery of a flat tire on the truck we had borrowed, so we added fixing…

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Exploring Doutou with Marianne

May 27, 2012 becky Leave a comment

After our short walk around Ouidah, we hopped back in the taxi and continued to Doutou (DUE – TOO), the…

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A brief visit to Ouidah

May 26, 2012 scott and becky 1 Comment

With the conference over, we accepted an opportunity to visit Marianne in a village 90 km outside of Cotonou (northwest,…

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Getting to Songhai – wheeled transport in Benin

May 25, 2012 scott Leave a comment

Songhai is about 40 km away from our hotel, just outside the nearby town ( and capital of Benin) of…

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Songhai – Africa stands up!

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Today I visited Songhai, a 25-year-old community, business and experiment in African entrepreneurship. The Songhai website has a much more…

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Mobile Phone configuration in Benin

May 23, 2012 scott 2 Comments

As we tried to get our mobile phones to work in Benin, we learned a number of things: New SIM…

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Wandering about in Cotonou

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Not feeling like getting in another taxi or bus, we decided to spend the day wandering around Cotonou. We needed…

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Bussing to Benin

May 21, 2012 becky Leave a comment

Today we took the ABC bus to from Accra to Cotonou. The bus cost was 79 cedi each (about $40).…

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