My first mangoes

When I arrived it was just beginning to be mango season, but Kari said I prob wont be able to have any mangoes for at least a couple of weeks. But one of the teachers and some children found out how much I love mangoes, abd next morning two children turbned up at my door with a bowl full of ripe mangoes!!! Right now mango season is in full swing, there are hundrends on the side of the roads. Up north we bought three mangoes for 100CFA (500CFA=$1.50). I am breathing in mangoes at the moment, in the heat at midday thay are just incrediable.

Benin - a new way of living

May 4th 2008
How to describe another world of new feelings, sights and smells, while sitting in an air conditioned room with a cold beer?? My world here is very different to home in New Zealand, but different in a wonderful way. It has now been just over a month, and I have two months still to go. Every day is a learning experience, the way of living here is just so different on every single level, but when I ... read more

Africa » Benin » West

Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a prominent West African kingdom that rose in the 15th century. The territory became a French Colony in 1872 and achieved independence on 1 August 1960, as the Republic of Benin. A succession of military gov... ... read more

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