We had a week to kill before our reservations at Green Turtle Lodge, and no idea what to do with…
Since we were almost at the Togo border, and didn't want the inflexibility of the bus, we decided to take…
Our day began with the discovery of a flat tire on the truck we had borrowed, so we added fixing…
After our short walk around Ouidah, we hopped back in the taxi and continued to Doutou (DUE – TOO), the…
With the conference over, we accepted an opportunity to visit Marianne in a village 90 km outside of Cotonou (northwest,…
Songhai is about 40 km away from our hotel, just outside the nearby town ( and capital of Benin) of…
Today I visited Songhai, a 25-year-old community, business and experiment in African entrepreneurship. The Songhai website has a much more…
As we tried to get our mobile phones to work in Benin, we learned a number of things: New SIM…
Not feeling like getting in another taxi or bus, we decided to spend the day wandering around Cotonou. We needed…
Today we took the ABC bus to from Accra to Cotonou. The bus cost was 79 cedi each (about $40).…