Hotel de Monobas Benin City

Friday morning started early and at six I was out of the hotel. The trip to the motor park was long and I only had to pay 300 naira, which is 2 US $. I found the bus place and I was surprise how nice the bus looked. Aft** waiting only 45 minutes we departed and I had enough space and ev**ything was fine. Aft** an hour we had a stop in ord** to get some breakfast. The driv** told us it was 5-10 minutes, and what do think, 45 minutes lat** we rolled. It turned out two of the ...

... production is usually simply called "The Delta". The Delta is now well known for its civil unrest, gangs, private armies, kidnappings, and gen**al mayhem, so it was a definite no-go zone on the check**board of areas in south**n *****ia the British Foreign S**vice has warnings against traveling to. Although we had no reason to go to the Delta, these warnings w**e in effect in sev**al oth** areas of southwest**n *****ia, requiring us (for ...

... in the area. We followed signs up a hill to a small hotel, The Abba Hotel, that allowed camping on its grounds. The rooms w**e cheap, so I got myself a private. Nev** mind that the wat** wasn't running and the light didn't work, for about $6 extra I had myself a fairly comfortable bed until our planned 5:00 A.M. departure. The Dream I gave this night's dream a mod**ate grade for its lack of clear sequential events 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.

First let me introduce to you the vehicle: a Nissan pick up rally raid edition. I got it last novemb** from a Nissan deal** in France during my last travel th**e. It only has 25 000 km... of maroccan des**t. It might need a paint job when I bring it to the house. Anyways for now you can see it from google earth! I did the preparation I could during my 2 weeks leave. My wife had our first ...