Next up I go to Cotonou the capital of Benin, in my normal style I dont bother with the number one tourist attraction, in this case it’s villages on stilts - very nice im sure.
Cotonou is meant to be a crappy place, for me it wasnt particularly bad or good. Like all […]
I figured its about time I sped things up a bit, looking at the map I dont appear to have travelled much in the last few months.
I spent one day and night in Ouidah, this is another important town in Benins history. It was and still is an important voodoo […]
After a whole two weeks away from the coast I took a few taxis, bikes and buses to the coastal town of Grand Popo. Its a nice area, pretty popular with French expats, so finding a Eurocamp style resort on the beach was pretty easy. Inside it was almost like being in […]
There are only two trains a week to Save, so I jumped on a bush taxi to Abomey. In the local language Abomey means ‘within a moat’, as the whole city was located within a big moat. Its quite a dusty place and isnt much to look at on the […]
After the joys of Parakou, I decided it was about time to start heading back in the right direction. Benin has a trainline, with trains that actually run on it, I was quite amazed by this and thought it may be a more comfortable option than the taxis.
I wasnt far […]
After a good week in Togo I decided to head into Benin. My parting views on Togo were good, the people were really nice and people seemed to have more respect for keeping their towns clean and looking nice (Ghana take note).
The journey into Togo was pretty easy, a couple of cramped […]
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