Bins Hotel Benin City

... to find it funny when a white p**son in his traditional Uganda shirt try to dance to *****ian music. For some reason people went crazy and it was kind of fun, I guess I got my 5 minutes of fame in Ile-Ife. I talked to the main artist aft**wards, and he is apparently a legend in *****ia, and he was probably 50-60 years old. Aft** the conc**t we went to the Conf**ence cent** and had some be**s. Th**e was this hotshot lawy** th**e working for some gov**nor or something and he ...

... from a tent to a room, albeit one without running wat** and only a single small light bulb hanging from the ceiling. I went to bed early in anticipation of our scheduled 5:00 A.M. departure, one set v**y early to insure we'd be able to make it to Calabar the following day. While ev**ything I had heard about *****ian officials suggested that they w**e the most corrupt people on earth and that ev**y encount** with them would eventually result in ...

... sir! A second clear event was that I had to drive to a work-related meeting on Staten Island, but to get th**e from New J**sey I had to cross a bridge that was exactly like the one ov** the ***** Riv** at Onitsha that we crossed earli** that day, p**haps the most horrendous and chaotic traffic jam I've ev** witnessed. I spent what seemed like an et**nity in the car trying to squeeze my way into ev** conv**ging lanes and ...

At last, the past months have not been easy, a lot of work and a lot of rough events around us. A nice trip is very welcomed. So we are off to Ghana. We'll first stop in Benin Republic for a couple of days in the same hotel as easter. This time no bikes only car !!

We drove the two hours from Ogbere to Okomu with more than 18 road blocks. Each of them using a different technique to stop us. Most of them were friendly and wondered where we where going. Even 18 "friendly" road blocks its a lot ! We finally arrived in Okomu we were happy to see my wife and baby. She did not recognize me at first. As planned and even before ofloading the car we took a nice motorcycle ride in the Okomu tracks.

... I hope it will fit all togeth** at the end! So my arrival in France is planned on the 25th of April from *****ia. Just 4 days or so to finish all the preparations and hit the road. We intend to cross Spain, ent** Marocco and more or less follow the coast to Dakar, then from th**e ent** Mali, Burkina Faso, come down Benin Republic and ent** *****ia to Okomu. Just about 10 000 km in a month.