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- Porto-Novo
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- 6,590,782
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- BJ
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Benin Slideshow
Top Hotels in Materi
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Novotel Orisha Cotonou
51 reviews -
Ibis Cotonou
25 reviews
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Benin Marina Hotel Cotonou
32 reviews
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Dichotel Cotonou
2 reviews -
La Casa del Papa Ouidah
15 reviews
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Hotel Awale Plage Grand Popo
12 reviews -
Auberge de Grand Popo
12 reviews
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Hotel Beaurivage Porto-Novo
1 review
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Hotel Bimyns Porto-Novo
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Hotel Dona Porto-Novo
1 review
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Hotel du Lac Cotonou
23 reviews
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Hotel du Port Cotonou
16 reviews
Materi
Travel Blogs from Materi, Benin
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This is Africa
... speak Biali, so we'll have to see if we can find someone who can teach us this laanguage during the rest of training. Materi is a little spread out, but there are lots of grassy areas, but also spots of trees, mostly eucalyptus, which is grown for ...
One Month to go!!!
... we took time to go do some things that we've been meaning to do ever since we got to post. Right on the outskirts of Materi there is a "mountain/hill" that we've been talking about climbing with our friend Dassibou for a long time. Well finally one day we ...
Moringa Madness
... to begin the next morning. It was at this point that we ran smack into the debilitating and extremely frustrating beaurocracy here in Benin. At 8pm that night we go to the superintendent of Matéri County's house to be told that he's delayed the training ...
What we're working on...
... how she is always so confused around this time because it just can't be he birthday yet because it doesn't feel like February. "In Benin it just always feels like August and so February seems like it's always such a long ways off." Well I think ...
Leaving Materi for the last time
... drinks and took pictures. Then, surprisingly, the mayor decided to make a speech in which he thanked us for our time in Materi and our contributions. Then Rebecca's supervisor spoke and again thanked us for our work. It was nice to here that our time ...
The Great Mousecapade Continues
... Yams here are VERY LARGE potato like tubers that are about the size of a log. Yams are pretty much the staple food here in Materi and when they are pounded and mixed with a tomato and peanut sauce they're very tasty. His fields are located about 3.5 miles ...
Work, weather and running
March 3, 2005 Hey everyone! We're in town again trying to get everything squared away for Jason's training for environmental education in the schools. This project will be 3 days long. It will be done 2 times, since there are 63 schools in the ...
If a Beninoise were going to America...
Here are the things he should know first: 1. you can be arrested for public exposure if you decide to urinate right outside of the (non bush) taxi and / or poo. 2. the throaty clicks you use to mean 'whatever' or 'that is soooo wrong' or 'can you ...
so this is what 111 degrees in the shade is like
Hi everyone We're down in the big city of Cotonou for a few days taking care of some work issues and doing some shopping. It's the first time we've been down here since swear in ceremony, and it's a little different after living in such a remote ...
Things we've been up to
... sustaining farm and maybe influence other people too. Besides gardening I have had several meetings with groups of men all over Materi county. During these encounters we talk about trees, crops, water (or lack thereof), animal husbandry, bee-keeping, ...
Pictures from africa
Hey everybody, Here is a link to our second set of pictures. There's a lot and we aren't finished updating all the titles and captions but we'd thought we'd get this out to you all as soon as we could. Enjoy!!! A travel update will come soon. ...
Time spent in Materi
... all their numerous quetions. We did this 3 times. Now these villagers will go back to their smaller villages outside of Materi and teach everyone. Hopefully these small village efforts will keep the disease from spreading through Benin as it has in ...
June is Plant a Tree Month
... and they would buy them or get seeds. We hope that these trees flourish and Moringa will some day be plentiful in Materi. Also, he helped a government worker plant trees along the road and at another primary school. Everyone was happy to see him out ...
Update from Benin
... this decision off of last time on our return; we had to wait 6 hours for a taxi to fill up going back into Matéri. In Benin, when you take a taxi it's not like in the States where you're the only person in the car. Unless you want to pay extra, you ...
News and updates
Hello there everyone, We hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th. Being that it always feels like mid August here it's hard to remember time is flying by and both mother's day and father's day are way behind us. So at least we were aware of this one. ...
Welcome to the CHALOR (hot season in french)
... . Well besides the heat everything else is going pretty well in Materi. Rebecca just finished this months "Tour de baby weighing" around materi. Every month there are certain villages way out in the bush that her and her work partner go visit and weigh ...
Bike tour Benin
... miles to Cobli, where there is an English teacher and another health volunteer. The ride had scenery similar to that around Materi, savannah with hills/small mountains in the distance. The hills are beginning to be greener from the recent rains that ...
In Service Training
... we had not seen since initial training in December. There's not much else to say right now. We're anxious to get back to Materi. In June, Jan and Eric (Jasons mom and brother) will be meeting us in France for our first vacation. We're very excited ...
Jason's Dad and Stepmom's big adventure
... the last bank after waiting an hour in line we are told that US dollar traveler's checks aren't really accepted anywhere here in Benin due to problems with forgery. So after wasting the morning we were anxious to get out of Cotonou and see the real ...
Back from village
... ; It was a kind of complicated thing to sort out, but hopefully we made the right decision. Much to our surprise, Materi now has cell phone reception and everyone was walking around talking on cell phones. I thought it was a hyperbole ...
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