by eliasc64 | Jan 26, 2020 | Africa, Destinations, Ghana, Togo, West Africa Trip 2018
After a challenging night in prison-like rooms, we had some breakfast and crossed the Benin-Togo border. The semi-abandoned border post was guarded by a bored police officer who spent twenty minutes to copy our names in his logbook, in Greek script! Batammariba...
by eliasc64 | Jan 26, 2020 | Africa, Benin, Destinations, West Africa Trip 2018
After a good breakfast we set course to Natitingou, 400km north of Dasse Zoume. We spent more than 6 hours on the dirt road – supposedly under construction – slowing down every 50 meters to avoid the large potholes and the tons of dust produced by the...
by eliasc64 | Jan 26, 2020 | Africa, Benin, Destinations, West Africa Trip 2018
The next morning we drove for 40 minutes to Abomey Calavi to visit Ganvie, a picturesque village with stilt houses on Lake Nokoué. It was founded in the 17th century by the Tofinu people to escape capturing and slavery. Everyday life revolves around the lake. The...
by eliasc64 | Jan 26, 2020 | Africa, Benin, Destinations, West Africa Trip 2018
The distance from Lomé to Aneho is only 44 km, but it took over an hour to reach the fishing town, right at the Beninese border. After a short stop for pictures, we moved to the border and did the paperwork for crossing. Ioanna had an expired visa and had to negotiate...
