Heather and I played "tour guide" for the past few weeks when our friends Denisse and Marcel came to visit us. We picked them up in Cotonou and visited Ouidah, Grand Popo, our home in Bohicon, and Parakou, and introduced them to interesting Beninese things like water in bags, FanMilk, sodabe, tchouk, vodoun, local clothes, and more. They even made some new friends when we visited a small village near our house. Check out the photos from their visit. (Click 'em to see them larger.)
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Marcel enjoying his first water saché, at Marché Dantokpa in Cotonou
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| Marcel on his first zemijan, in Cotonou |
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| Denisse and Marcel at the Python Temple in Ouidah |
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| Craig, Heather, and Marcel at the "Gate of No Return" in Ouidah |
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| Denisse in front of Lion Bar, a Rastafarian hotel in Grand Popo |
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| Marcel and Denisse's first encounter with a Beninese gas station |
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| Denisse washing clothes by hand |
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| Moto time! |
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| Vodoun altar just south of Bohicon (on Vodoun tour) |
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| C'est trop grand! |
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| At Craig's worksite, Parc Archeologique d'Agongointo |
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| Drinking Tchouk in Parakou |
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At GAD (Gender and Development) fête in Parakou (night 1)
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| GAD night 2 (Parakou) |
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| Making new friends! |
Cheers
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