Motel Benin Plaza Benin City

... ev**ywh**e. As Ife was not on the way I had to take a Okada, or a motorbike to Ife. The guy was nice and it only cost 200 naira, or less than 2 US $ for a 20 minute ride. We drove in around 80 km/hours and we had no helmets, so I got a lot of wind in my hairJ I asked him to drop me off at a cheap hotel in town and he took me to Mayfair hotel. The hotel was ****, but only cost 900 naira p** p**son, which is less than 8 US $. On the oth** side we didn't have wat**, but than ...

... and num**ous roads conv**ged to cross the only bridge for at least a hundred miles in each direction that linking the east**n and west**n halves of the country, a bridge with only one lane of traffic in each direction and num**ous stalled vehicles the traffic had to squeeze around. All told, it took us about three hours from when we hit the traffic jam until we got ov** the bridge, all spent in stifling humid heat. Onitsha was a crowded and chaotic as ...

... gray Buick of some sort rath** than the white Jeep Ch**okee I actually drive) both in highway traffic getting from place to place and driving around the block looking for a parking space. The skies in my dream w**e consistently gray and th**e w**e no leaves on the trees. What was even more awful was that I had to wear a suit, was int**acting with oth** people who wore suits, and had to go to meetings. My recollections of my ...

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 ...