Benin has a couple of large national parks in the north and the Parc Pendjari provided our last adventure…
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Abomey
Abomey is the historic heart of Benin, it is where the Dahomey Kings reigned for 4 centuries from the early…
Porto Novo
Time in Cotonou was dedicated to adminstrative things, the mechanical work, banking, shopping. The city is a bit manic, with…
First Maintenance sur la route.
When we left Lome we noticed the second battery was not charging correctly. Â Â It was only when we arrived in…
Tata Somba in Two Countries
Today we went out from Nattatingou in northern Benin on a real overlanding adventure. The object was the amazing residential…
African Print Fabric
Wax print is the typical fabric of west Africa. We know it in various forms in Ghana. This traditional brightly…
Living out of the Land Rover
So how do we get everything in the Land Rover? Laura chimes in with her comments on “overlandingâ€. It’s one…
Into Benin, Auberge de Grand Popo and Intro to Voodoo
We crossed the border into Benin on a Sunday afternoon after an uneventful hour long drive across narrow Togo from…
Benedictine Monastery
Some two hours north of Kpalime, at the summit of the mountain chain that provides the border between Ghana and…