Country Info
- Porto-Novo
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 6,590,782
- Population
- BJ
- Country Code
Porto-Novo Slideshow
Porto-Novo
Travel Blogs from Porto-Novo, Benin
The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
... very bad day"), but I thought I would share with you the events that have occurred today because they could only happen in Benin and they could only happen to me. First, I need to explain this Beninese French concept of "doucement." Literally it ...
My Class Teaches Me
My Accounting class in Sehoue wanted to teach me how to make pate/pot after class one day. So, this is me making pot with jus (tomatoes, onion, piment and oil) sauce and mutton (precooked by ...
Voodoo Holiday and Muslim Praying in Kolokondé
... sacrifice to the fetish. I can't remember how much we've already written about this topic, so I'll start from the beginning. Benin is known for the birth of voodoo. The people here were the first to practice voodoo. It was the slaves that brought ...
Genevieve
A friend/neighbor named Genevieve. She is a primary school teacher at a private school. She hired a photographer to take our photo for a souvenir... Of course, the family all had to have their photo with me ...
August 15th Party
Every year in Hoegbo there is a festival on August 15th with dancing, food and booths. At the end, two neighborhoods (Yenawa and Houegbo Gare) with Houegbo played soccer against each other. My neighborhood (Yenawa) won. (Ye na wa is Fon for ...
choses-la
In an awe-inspiring discussion of health and nutrition and the market and all things Benin, one of our Beninese facilitators said, "You are here to fix choses-la." Choses-la means, literally, things there. But, in Beninese French it is a discreet ...
Thanksgiving
... I should. If it upsets anyone I am sorry but life is very different here. So here is my new post. So here in benin, there exists the police and the gendarmerie, which is basically a whole bunch of military guys toting around m-16s, looking scary and ...
Down on the Farm
Today I have more photos for the RPCV who donated money to Joseph. This time I photographed corn and cassava (manioc) fields. You also can see the people who cultivate the ...
Allada
One of the many bike trips that Meredith and I take. This trip is to Allada via the back-roads. It's safer then the main highway, but longer. It took about 2 hrs to get there and back. We try to leave around 6:30am to avoid the ...
Updating the World
Today I evaluated the whole World Map Manual and the process we use to paint a world ...
Into the Bush!!!
Hello everyone, It has been quite a while since my last post but as always I hope this finds everyone doing well. I just returned from my early-check in conference in Parakou which is in the north. Can you believe it, I just finished my first three ...
Life In Pobe!!
Hello everyone, i hope this entry finds each one of you well. It has been a while since my last post and I dont want you guys to think anything was wrong. As a matter of fact, i have been traveling quite lately. Right now, i am in pobe, which is ...
World Map Makers
Peace Corp Volunteers made a map of the world for the local high school in Houegbo. The map is painted on a wall of one of the classroom buildings. The students wanted to know why the world is so big and Benin is so ...
Joyeaux Noel (Merry Christmas)
... many views of African landscapes and quite a few hours later we arrive in Parakou. Parakou is the second largest city in Benin with a population around 200,000. A stop at the Peace Corp station was a welcome break during our grand driving tour ...
National Rugby Team
The national rugby team played a game against Togo. A friend my salsa is the team ...
Making Ice Cream
I stayed with Judy for 2 weeks in Toffo. We did a World Map on the school. One night we decided to make ice cream. What a messy ...
Labor Day
On Labor Day weekend, it rained really hard and was "really cold" - 72 degrees! All of a sudden, I noticed hundreds of ants on my wall by the front door. They weren't doing anything, so I just let them be. I think they wanted to get out ...
Neighbor Girls
Some neighbor girls, who live at the house with the faucet drinking water, decided to come visit me. So, I decided to take their ...
Pobe
Hello everyone, i hope this entry finds each one of you well. It has been a while since my last post and I dont want you guys to think anything was wrong. As a matter of fact, i have been traveling quite lately. Right now, i am in pobe, which is ...
Scrubbing
Woke up at 7:30 and started putting all my stuff into the front room. Swept the spiders and webs off the ceiling, and then swept the floor. Got out my bucket, scrub brush, soap and bleach and started scrubbing the walls. I got halfway done with the ...
Another Garden Attempt
Another garden attempt...this time I had the neighbor boy haul in dirt from the garbage pile, because it is richer in nutrients. He also added fertilizer that he found somewhere - no idea where. We planted only lettuce this time to see if it ...
