Welcome to the Republic of Benin, arriving from the Niger River bridge |
Parc Regional du W is shared by Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso, named after a W shaped bend in the Niger River |
Malanville, Benin's northern border town |
Malanville, Benin |
Benin lies outside Africa's Islamic belt and liquor available roadside |
Buvette La Paix, Malanville, Bénin |
Malanville, Bénin market |
Thumbs up from a boy in Malanville |
Marché Malanville, Bénin |
PTT Bénin, Malanville |
Résidence du Maire, Malanville, Bénin |
Village south of Malanville, Benin |
Long rectangular mud huts with tin roofs, Benin |
Yams, potato like vegetables, are grown in small mounds making for easily identifiable fields, Benin |
Yam field, Benin |
Yam field, Northern Benin |
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Rich man's villa, Northern Benin |
Benin's main north-south highway runs the entire 785 km from the Niger River to Cotonou |
Benin's Route Nationale RNIE-2 |
Roadside northern Benin |
Traditionally dressed elder, Benin |
We stopped in this village to refill our bathing water at the well |
Udo Stark drawing water from the well as villagers watch |
Village kids come out in droves as the circus comes to town |
Crops growing in the village |
The first mechanical milling machine we've seen in a small village |
Miller's house, Benin |
I love the shirt! |
Kids from the village where we got water |
A see a bleak future for said goat |
Continental Bank - Bénin Agence Parakou |
To keep your money in a secure place, just one address - CLCAM-GUINMAN, Parakou |
Benin is shaped a bit like a club |
Ecole Superieure de Commerce et de Gestion in Parakou, the largest city in Central Benin |
Roadside grill, Parakou, Benin |
Parakou, Benin |
Parakou, Benin |
Roadside market, Parakou |
Some kind of grain... |
Marché Depot de Parakou, Bénin |
Roadside market, Parakou, Bénin |
Roadside market, Parakou, Bénin |
Woman putting a basket of fruit on her head, Parakou |
Boy at a roadside market, Parakou, Bénin |
Le Parc National de la Pendjari, Bénin advertisement in Parakou |
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Boys in the tall grass by a stream, Parakou |
Benin's narrow gauge railway |
Yams at a roadside market, Tchatchou, Benin |
Yams at a roadside market, Tchatchou, Benin |
Yams at a roadside market, Tchatchou, Benin |
Yams at a roadside market, Tchatchou, Benin |
Yams at a roadside market, Benin |
Giant yams, Benin |
Giant yams, Tchatchou, Benin |
Roadside yam market, Tchatchou, Benin |
The Tchatchou yam ladies were very pushy |
Common West Africa motif |
Pretty flowers, Benin |
Flower at the campsite |
Flowers, Benin |
Sunset, Benin |
Sunset, Central Benin |
The driver and guide had a more difficult time finding a suitable camping spot in central Benin than in Mali or Niger |
Campsite between Parakou and Savé |
I had really been hoping to spend the night in the relative civilization of Parakou |
Rotel breaking camp, Benin |
Dragonfly on Tony's back |
Mosquée de Gogoro, Bénin |
Another small mosque in Central Benin |
Palm grove, Central Benin |
Coconut palms, Benin |
Coconut palm, Benin |
School near Savé, Bénin |
Kpatchi Kotchoni |
Central Benin |
Church, near Savé, Bénin |
Hills around Savé, Bénin |
Coca-Cola watertower, Savé, Bénin |
Savé, Bénin |
Photo lab, Savé, Bénin |
L'Hôtel Idadu, Savé, Bénin |
College Catholique St. Joseph de Savé, Bénin |
Roadside tin stall with American flag, Benin |
Railway Station - Gare de Savé, Bénin |
Ouémé River, Savé, Bénin |
Glazoue, Benin |
Glazoue, Benin |
Collines FM radio, Glazoue, Benin |
Mural on the side of a school trying to teach kids to use the WC instead of a tree, Glazoue, Benin |
Villages gathered around a well, Benin |
A small church, EPMB - Église protestante méthodiste du Bénin |
Crucifix, Dassa-Zoumé, Benin |
The giant Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé, Benin |
Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé |
Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé |
Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé |
Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé |
Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé |
The new basilica in Dassa-Zoume looks more like a factory to me... |
Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé |
Basilica from the top of the Grotto |
Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo |
Stations of the Cross, Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo |
La Grotte Marial Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé, Benin |
La Grotte Marial Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé, Benin |
Stations of the Cross, Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo |
La Grotte Marial Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé, Benin |
La Grotte Marial Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé, Benin |
Lizard, Benin |
Hopefully when the Basilica is complete it won't look so industrial |
Bells to be installed in the new bell tower of the basilica, Dassa-Zoumé |
Bell destined for the Basilica tower, Dassa-Zoumé |
Interior of the Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé |
Basilica of Notre Dame d'Arigbo, Dassa-Zoumé |
Gardener, Dassa-Zoumé |
Bank of Africa Benin, Agence Dassa-Zoumé |
Séverin ADJOVI avec vous - prenons le CAP vrai développement |
Change and make Benin prosperous with Severin ADJOVI |
Paouignan, Benin (what's this stuff?) |
While now deep in Christian Benin, there are still many small mosques like this one in Paouignan |
Thatched hut a short distance south of Paouignan, Benin |
Cotonou-Parakou Narrow Gauge Railway, Benin |
More thatched huts, south-central Benin |
Schoolhouse, south-central Benin |
A small thatched bar along the main road, Benin |
Roadside Benin |
Roadside Benin |
Roadside Benin |
Roadside Benin |
Bus arrival chaos, Bohicon, Benin |
Market, Bohicon, Benin |
Small shops, Bohicon, Benin |
Stand selling an assortment of odd vegetables, Bohicon, Benin |
Market stall, Bohicon, Benin |
Market stall, Bohicon, Benin |
Garden of the town hall of Bohicon, Benin - restaurant & cyber cafe |
Main Street, Bohicon, Benin |
One of those signs is for a Chinese Pharmacy, Bohicon, Benin |
Grand Mosque, Bohicon, Benin |
Vitalor pure vegetable oil sans cholesterol, Benin |
Lycée Technique de Bohicon, Bénin |
Cyber La Boutique Bohicon, Bénin |