http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Benin/East/Parakou/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Benin , East , Parakou en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 06:17:30 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 06:17:30 +0000 3 Days of luxury at the New Haven Hotel in Accra spoiled us. Air con internet at all times day and night at Busy internet to complete our business and catch up and beer and junk food interspersed with a little sightseeing. we met up with the rest and off we went.We travelled north East to Lake Volta and camped by the dam. Lots of water sports and the biggest dam in West Africa. This little travell http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Benin/East/Parakou/blog-404902.html Beijing ToursBeijing Tourschina tourschina toursbeijing toursbeijing toursChina travelChina travelChina toursChina toursTibet toursTibet toursxian toursxian tourschina great wallchina great wallChina cruise tourChina cruise tourchina weatherchina weatherChina mapChina mapChina golf toursChina golf toursBeijing travel agencyBeijing travel agencyChina travel agencyChina travel agencyCh http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Benin/East/Parakou/blog-394271.html And here I am.About to embark yet again on a dangerous scary journey across vast expanses of space through time and the universe its self.However this time the journey wont be quite as scary as one would imagine. The journey is with Otesha. Again.This time a Tour Liason position is what I will have. I will be in charge of everything awesome when it comes to corresponding with commun http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Benin/East/Parakou/blog-392265.html No I'm not going to add anything.But here are 3 more photos taken since my last update. They have the internet over here in Alberta so I mind as well put it to use.The truck Fricking huge. Kind of crazy to walk underneith it. Or stand in front of it. The valley So this last Thursday myself and my teammates had a day off in Fernie. We rode a little over 100km the day before so we t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Benin/East/Parakou/blog-312815.html The night sky is something spectacular here in Benin. I don't know exactly why. There are many logical explanations of course. Fewer lights less electricity the silence that settles peacefully over a village late at night... The other night I found myself awake and standing underneath a blanket of stars planets and swirling dust as the wind blew soft and cool a gentle reminder of the great s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Benin/East/Parakou/blog-235294.html BonjourWe dragged ourselves away from the hustle of Cotonou on Tuesday and in two legs first stopping at Abomey are now in Parakou.The journey north facilitated by the now mandatory Peugeot 504 was without hassle by African standards and we soon remembered how different things are up here as the thick forests petered out into harsh quite barren scrubland. Things are definately heating up w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Benin/East/Parakou/blog-105588.html