Post Announcement!

We found out on Friday that we will be living in Bohicon, which is a larger city north of here with about 60-70,000 people in the Zou region. It is just south of the “Collines” region where all the hiking and rolling lush hills are in the country. They say that the
Collines area is the most beautiful region of Benin, next to the North-West where they have waterfalls. We are super happy. The area that we’re going to be living in is also considered the breadbasket of Benin and has lots of fresh fruits and veggies readily available to consume.
We’re taking over the house of a current volunteer who is taking a different position up north and he supposedly has the best volunteer house in Benin. There are carved out African animals on the ceiling, a covered outdoor kitchen with real stainless steel sinks, and a real porcelain toilet. We have running water, electricity, and INTERNET! It is also inside of a compound, which means there is a high brick gate that goes around all the land and we share the land with two other houses in the compound. That means that we’re going to have privacy and more security than the average joe, which is nice.
We’re very happy with the outcome. There are a couple volunteers who already live in the same city or nearby and we will be about an hour from the other married couple that we’re training with. We’re also about an hour taxi ride from all the hiking, which a current volunteer leads tourists on hikes throughout this region and has already told us that he would take us out. He definitely has one of the best jobs! So we will definitely be doing a lot of hiking, especially since in the first three months of living there, we can’t spend the night away, so it’ll be a good weekend, daytime activity.
Craig leaves for his technical visit tomorrow for the rest of the week. He’s going to be doing his up in the north in Nattitangou. I am going to be about 4 hours north and don’t leave until Wednesday morning. We’re going to be back on Sunday and will update everyone with pictures next week. A Bientot!