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La Casa del Papa Ouidah

Ouidah Plage - 01, BP 5787, Cotonou Ouidah, Benin

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Oooh La La Ouidah

A travel blog entry by chrlttzmmrmn

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-travel by taxi (takes 1 hour) Cost 600 CFA ( a little more than 1 USD)

Ouidah (3 days)

The port was a safe harbor for over 300 years for the French, Danish, and the Portuguese. During the 17th c., this was the last destination for slaves before being shipped from the continent.

Voodoo Festival in January: ...

Benin

A travel blog entry by surrburken

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... och med marknaden bestod av småbåtar samlade mitt ute i vattnet så att kunderna kunde paddla runt och spana in vilka varor som erbjöds. En sorgligare sak var att många barn och gamla tydligen dog här i oktober på grund av kolera till följd av översvämningar. På husenväggarna kan ni en rand som visar hur högt vattnet stod under översvämningen. Man kan lätt förstå att det ledde till katastrof i byn.

Totalt sett måsta jag ge en stor tummen upp för Benin. ...

Бенин

A travel blog entry by 2africa

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... 1091;ю визу Бенин.

Грани 94;у проше 83; бы очень быстр 86;, если бы не пришл 86;сь ждать полча 89;а ...

Next stop Benin

A travel blog entry by joelmeeker

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... very little and vehicles often come within inches of each other as they try to get ahead. I was very glad I wasn’t driving.

We finally arrived at the Hotel du Lac. I paid Alidou and thanked him and checked into my room. As Pierre had asked me to do, I called his father-in-law to let him know I had arrived, and that I’d be happy to see him if he wished to stop by. He had apparently changed his mind from when he spoke to Pierre. ...

Benin to arrival in Abuja

A travel blog entry by frusc101

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After crossing into Benin our first stop was at the small town of Ouidah - which is synonymous, for its association with the slave trade. After arriving in the town we had a couple of hours free before meeting back up with the truck, therefore after feeling quite restless and tempted in by the promise of a swim in the sea, I decided to walk the 4ks to the site with a couple of others from the truck. The walk itself is famous for being the route the ...