Hotel Awale Plage Grand Popo

we left from Gboto's breakfast feeling astonished that we had already traveled 8k. It went by really quickly this morning, so we took it as a good sign. <br><br>Along the road, tons of motorbikes passed us (togo's main taxi-system is on motorbikes/motorcycles) and only one car. the car was an SUV and the man inside rolled down his window to offer us a ride. We got this a lot and came to know that usually people who traveled in cars in this area were way upper-class. This guy ...

Grand Po-Po is the beach resort town in Benin. Most of the people in this town are ex-pats on vacation.<br><br>I arrived at Grand Po-Po around 10:30am and picked out a room in the hotel, called Etoiles de la Mer. It's a very nice hotel, compared to other places in this country. There was a double bed, a toilet, and shower in the room. The rooms are located as close to ...

... on our part!<br>So, we hired a driver for the day with a large, white van. We loaded the van with our hand-made quilts, and other give-aways we had brought to give to the kids. Then we were on our way to the orphanage!<br>It actually wasn't as far out of town as I had thought it was. Just off the main road, and down a skinny and a little bit steep dirt road, there it was. The Providence Orphanage. It had been almost 2 years since ...

... come to Africa. Dad, who was left alone in the van while we went inside to exchange money, was also panicked and second-guessing this crazy trip.<br>Once we got on the road, though, things were looking up. The coastal route was beautiful with palm trees, and sandy beaches, and the bright blue Atlantic. About half way to the Togo border Mom started asking about a pullover bathroom stop. If you've ever been to ...

... huge heave hoe lifted it bit by bit turning it 90 degrees and leaving a massive dent in the front panelling. Oop's. Ended up taking us an hour to get the thing unbogged. Total torture being so close to the pool not to mention embarrassing by it being in a carpark. Nevermind. We got there eventually and were most relieved when we could dive in the pool. Which turned out to be the best pool ever complete with diving platforms ...

I slept well but Oliv** didn't - slight case of pootomouth. Lindsay and Martin also not well. Oliv** up early so headed down to restaurant to work on comput** whilst I slept. He was soon harassed by random local guy asking for his clothes, book, wife, watch... aft** many no's he then moved onto Sarah and Martin. Back in the tent I was on a high from having found a stash of EURO's and US$ at the bottom of my pack which we had totally forgotten ...

Grand Popo. There's not much to say except what I did in the last update. Beautiful calm! Amazing beach, gorgeous palm trees, fresh coconuts, hammocks. We spent two nights at the Lion Bar, an absolutely wicked place run by a Rasta man with reggae music making the scene even more chill! Cold beer, fresh prawn dinners, very strong cocktails with fresh ginger and coco milk. Then 2 nights at the Auberge, a very plush and very expensive alternative. We had a ...

Last weekend the Porto Novo group spent a relaxing weekend in Grand Popo at a hotel (a cute little bungalow) on the beach. The waves were too strong to swim or really even walk in the water, but we could still cool off in the pool. This was a nice little taste of home with familiar food (steak,potatoes,curry shrimp...) and a peaceful atmosphere. On Sunday we met up with the ...

This weekend we went to Grand Popo a more touristic place in South Benin that has really beautiful beaches and it was great! I had a North American bedroom, washroom and ate North American type cooking. It was a little expensive for here but well worth it. Spending the weekend there gave me the energy and push I needed to keep going for another month. We also visited Ouidha which is the town where the ...

We all left for Grand Po-Po at 8am. We took 2 taxis, one with 6 Americans and the other with 10. Very Crowded...taxis normally put 4 people in the back and 2 (or 3) in the front. The taxi with 10 was a station wagon...it had 4 in the back and middle, and 2 in the front. These numbers are not including the driver. The ride was about 2 hours, including the time we had to stop for the other taxi because it's wheel was loose.....haha. It only took like 5 ...